Charles Alan Smythies (6 August 18447 May 1894) was a British colonial bishop in the 19th century."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
Life Smythies was born in Colchester, the son of the Rev. Charles Norfolk Smythies, vicar of St-Mary-at-the-Walls there, and his wife Isabella Travers, daughter of Eaton Travers RN.Genealogical web-site He was educated at Felsted School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1869. His first post was a curacy in Great Marlow, after which he was Vicar of Roath in Cardiff.
Smythies was the fourth Bishop of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, and was consecrated on 30 November 1883, serving as Bishop in Central Africa until that diocese was split (by his initiative) in 1892, and then of one of the parts, Zanzibar, until his death.The Times, Friday 11 May 1894; p. 10; Issue 34261; col A Obituary: Bishop Smythies
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Bibliography Ernest Hermitage Day, Mission Heroes: Charles Alan Smythies, bishop of Zanzibar and Missionary Bishop in East Central Africa (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1900)
External links The Life of Charles Alan Smythies