Martin Linton Smith

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Martin Linton Smith was an Anglican Bishop who served in three Dioceses during the first half of the twentieth century. He was born into a clerical family^[1] on 4 July 1869 and educated at Repton and Hertford College, Oxford^[2]. Ordained priest in 1894 he was a curate at four parishes before securing his own incumbency at Colchester in 1902. By now married^[3] with a young family, he gained experience in Liverpool eventually becoming a Cathedral Canon. His finest hour, however, was the First World War where he gained the DSO for his sterling work at The Somme, Arras and Ypres. When peace came he was raised to the Episcopate, firstly for two years as the Suffragan Bishop of Warrington;then translation^[4] to the more senior post of Bishop of Hereford, serving there for a decade; and, finally, a further nine years at Rochester. Retiring to Cheltenham in 1930 he died after a long life “rich in service”^[5]on 7 October 1950.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Warrington 1918 – 1920	Succeeded by Edwin Hone Kempson
Preceded by Herbert Hensley Henson	Bishop of Hereford 1920 – 1930	Succeeded by Charles Lisle Carr
Preceded by John Reginald Harmer	Bishop of Rochester 1930 –1940	Succeeded by Christopher Maude Chavasse

v • d • e Bishops of Warrington Martin Linton Smith • Edwin Hone Kempson • Herbert Gresford Jones • Charles Robert Claxton • Laurence Ambrose Brown • John Manier Bickersteth • Michael Henshall • John Richard Packer • David Jennings •

v • d • e Bishops of Hereford since 1908 John Percival  • Herbert Hensley Henson • Martin Linton Smith • Charles Lisle Carr • Richard Godfrey Parsons  • Thomas Longworth  • Mark Allin Hodson  • John Richard Gordon Eastaugh  • John Keith Oliver • Anthony Martin Priddis •

v • d • e Bishops of Rochester since 1908 John Reginald Harmer • Martin Linton Smith • Christopher Maude Chavasse • David Say • Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull • Michael Nazir-Ali •

[edit] Notes

1. ^ His father was Dean of St David’s Cathedral
2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
3. ^ To Kathleen Dewe
4. ^ New Suffragan Bishop. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, Jul 29, 1920; pg. 12; Issue 42475; col G
5. ^ The Times, Monday, Oct 09, 1950; pg. 6; Issue 51817; col G Bishop Linton Smith Former Bishop Of Rochester