Frederic Hicks Beaven

The Rt Rev Frederick Hicks Beaven , DD was Bishop of Mashonaland^[1] from 1911^[2] to 1925.
He was born in Calne on 11 April 1855, educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster and University College, Durham^[3] and ordained in 1879. His first post was a curacy at St Martin’s, Brighton^[4]. He then held incumbencies at All Saints Newborough, Staffordshire, St Chads, Stafford and St Paul’s, Burton-on-Trent. An Acting Chaplain to the Forces in the Second Boer War, from 1903 he wasArchdeacon of Matabeleland. In 1908 he became Dean of Salisbury, now Harare, his last appointment before elevation to the Episcopate^[5]. He died on 22 January 1941^[6].

References

1. ^ In 1915 the Diocese name was changed to Diocese of Southern Rhodesia > Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
2. ^ New Bishop Of Mashonaland The Times Friday, Nov 04, 1910; pg. 13; Issue 39421; col B
3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
4. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
5. ^ “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 9789004167469
6. ^ Deaths- Rt Rev F.H. Beaven The Times Friday, Jan 24, 1941; pg. 1; Issue 48832; col A