Augustus Smith (priest)

Augustus Elder Smith (17 October 1844 – 8 January 1916) was an Anglican priest who served in two senior leadership positions within the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1]

Augustus Smith
Personal information
Born(1844-10-17)17 October 1844
Saint Michael, Barbados
Died8 January 1916(1916-01-08) (aged 71)
West Kensington, England
Source: Cricinfo, 17 November 2020

Smith was educated at Codrington College, Barbados and ordained in 1868. He played in three first-class matches for the Barbados cricket team from 1864 to 1872.[2] After a curacy at St Silas, Barbados he was Rector and Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port of Spain;[3] and Archdeacon of Trinidad from 1902 until 1914.

He died on 8 January 1916 at West Kensington.[4]

See also

References
  1. ‘SMITH, Ven. Augustus Elder’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 18 Feb 2014
  2. "Augustus Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1315 London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. “Deaths” The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 11, 1916; pg. 1; Issue 41060
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