Lucius Smith
(1860-1934), Bishop of KnaresboroughSitter in 2 portraits
by Elliott & Fry
vintage bromide print, circa 1900s-1910s
NPG x159477
by J.H. Bayley
albumen cabinet card, circa 1900s
NPG x159480
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Martin Smith - first cousin 3 times removed.
13 January 2020, 18:16
He was born on 6 January 1860 into a clerical family. His father was the Reverend Frederick Smith (1823-1874), Vicar of Shelf, West Yorkshire and his mother Lucy Bottomley (1823-1860) daughter of Moses Bottomley of Shelf, West Yorkshire.[1] Smith was educated at Harrow[2] and Balliol College, Oxford.[3]
In the paternal line, his grandfather was Joseph Smith (1792-1841) Alderman and Burgess of Doncaster and his great grandfather William Smith (1767-1829) merchant and property owner in Rotherham and Whitehouse near Greasborough. His Uncle Arthur Joseph Smith (1825-1891) was three times Lord Mayor of Doncaster, another uncle William Edwood Smith was twice Lord Mayor of Doncaster and Town Clerk. His cousin Walter Shirley Shirely QC MP (1851-1888) was elected the first Member of Parliament for the Doncaster Division in 1885 - he too also attended Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1882, he studied for ordination at Leeds Clergy School before a curacy in Toxteth.[4] He was successively Vicar of Ilkley, Richmond, Easby, Calverley and Macclesfield before a 29-year stint as Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough.[5] He was also Archdeacon of Ripon during the same period. He was also Archdeacon of Leeds (1921-1934) during which time he also president of the Antiquarian Thoresby Society.
A thoughtful cleric,[6] devout patriot[7] and historian,[8] he died on 31 December 1934.