Hamilton Baynes

The Right Reverend Arthur Hamilton Baynes
Bishop of Natal
Church	Anglican
Province	Southern Africa
Appointed	1893
Orders
Consecration	29 September 1893
Personal details
Born	23 March 1854
Died	30 June 1942 (aged 88)

Arthur Hamilton Baynes (23 March 1854 – 30 June 1942)^[1] was a Church of England priest and Bishop of Natal and Maritzburg^{[lower-alpha 1]} from 1893^[2] to 1901.

He was born in Lewisham, Kent, the son of Joseph Ash Baynes and Mary Elizabeth Beard, and following ordination in 1882 was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, E.W. Benson, from 1888 to 1892. In 1893^[3] he was appointed to the bishopric of Natal. During the Boer War, while Bishop of Natal, he was an army chaplain.^[4]

After returning to England from Natal, Baynes was Vicar of St Mary's Church, Nottingham, and also an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Southwell and an honorary canon of Southwell Minster from 1905 until 1913. During World War I he was again an army chaplain.^[5] He was later Provost of Birmingham Cathedral (and an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Birmingham) until his retirement in 1937.

Notes and references

1. He was made Bishop of Maritzburg as a consequence of the Colenso affair

1. "England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription". Retrieved 2014-09-29 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
2. "Consecration Of Dr. Baynes". Nottingham Evening Post. 30 September 1893. Retrieved 2014-09-29 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
3. "New Bishop Of Natal". Lichfield Mercury. 19 May 1893. p. 3 col G. Retrieved 2014-09-29 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
4. "Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902 Transcription". Retrieved 2014-09-29 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
5. "" "Medal Index Cards Transcription". Retrieved 2014-09-29 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).

External links

• Documents by Arthur Hamilton Baynes from Project Canterbury