Proctor Swaby

William Proctor Swaby FRGS (1844 – 16 November 1916)[1] was a colonial Anglican bishop from 1893[2] until 1916.

Proctor Swaby
Bishop of Barbados
and the Windward Islands
Diocese
In office1899–1916 (d.)
PredecessorHerbert Bree
SuccessorAlfred Berkeley
Other post(s)Bishop of Guyana (1893–1899)
Orders
Consecration1893
by Edward White Benson (Canterbury)
Personal details
Born1844 (1844)
Tetney, Lincolnshire, UK
Died16 November 1916(1916-11-16) (aged 71–72)
DenominationAnglican
Alma materDurham University

Born in Tetney,[3] Swaby was educated at Durham University, where he won the Barry Scholarship.[4] He eventually gained a doctorate in Divinity[5] He held incumbencies at Castletown, Sunderland[6] and at Milfield before being ordained to the episcopate in 1893[7] as Bishop of Guyana.[8] He was consecrated a bishop on 24 March 1893, by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[9] Translated to Barbados and the Windward Islands in December 1899[10] — he held the two separate Sees of Barbados and of the Windward Islands together[11] — died in post.

Swaby was a Fellow of the Colonial Institute and the Royal Microscopical Society.[4]

References
  1. Deaths The Times Tuesday, 21 November 1916; pg. 1; Issue 41330; col A
  2. St George’s Cathedral website Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Tetney Church Community Project Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Swaby, Rt Rev. William Proctor, (1844–16 Nov. 1916)". UK Who's Who. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. "Durham University Calendar 1897". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  6. The Times, Thursday, 11 February 1875; pg. 7; Issue 28236; col G Ecclesiastical Appointments
  7. Land of six peoples
  8. University of Alberta
  9. "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 1575. 30 March 1893. p. 347. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. "Obituary. The Bishop of Barbados". Church Times. No. 2809. 24 November 1916. p. 458. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. "Church news. Personal". Church Times. No. 1924. 8 December 1899. p. 678. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
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