Frederic Beaven
Frederic Hicks Beaven (11 April 1855 – 22 January 1941)[1] was bishop of Mashonaland from 1911,[2] through 1915 when his title was changed to bishop of Southern Rhodesia,[3] until his retirement in 1925.
He was born in Calne and educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster and University College, Durham.[4] He was ordained in 1879 after studying at St Bees Theological College. His first post was a curacy at St Martin's Church, Brighton.[5] He then held incumbencies at All Saints', Newborough, Staffordshire (1881–85), St Chad's Church, Stafford (1885–87) and St Paul's, Burton upon Trent (1887–1901). In the Second Boer War, he was an acting chaplain to the 2nd Battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment,[6] and from 1903 he was archdeacon of Matabeleland. In 1908 he became the dean of Salisbury (now Harare), his last appointment before elevation to the episcopate in 1911.[7] He was responsible for the start of construction of the Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints in Salisbury and the choir and sanctuary were completed in 1914. In the First World War, he was chaplain general of the Rhodesian Forces. During his episcopate, in 1919, the first indigenous person in Zimbabwe, Samuel Mhlanga was ordained to the deaconate. He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD). Retiring from his bishopric, he served as rector of Thelnetham, Suffolk, 1925-26.
References
- ↑ Deaths- Rt Rev F.H. Beaven The Times Friday, Jan 24, 1941; pg. 1; Issue 48832; col A
- ↑ New Bishop Of Mashonaland The Times Friday, Nov 04, 1910; pg. 13; Issue 39421; col B
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975, ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: ISBN 0-19-200008-X, OCLC 25885092, OCLC 59162245.
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27383. p. 8647. 6 December 1901. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ “Church and Settler in Colonial Zimbabwe: A Study in the History of the Anglican Diocese of Mashonaland/Southern Rhodesia, 1890–1925, Vol. 34” Welsh, P(Ed): Boston, Brill Academic Publishing, 2008 ISBN 978-90-04-16746-9
| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Cecil Alderson |
Bishop of Mashonaland 1911–1915 |
Succeeded by himself as Bishop of Southern Rhodesia |
| Preceded by himself as Bishop of Mashonaland |
Bishop of Southern Rhodesia 1915–1925 |
Succeeded by Edward Paget |