Rocksborough Smith

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Rocksborough Remington Smith (30 November 1872 – 5 March 1955^[1]) was a British Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.^[2]

Smith was born in Brighton, educated at St. Mark's College, Chelsea and Selwyn College, Cambridge^[3] and ordained in 1901.^[4] He was a Lecturer at Ordsall Hall, Manchester then Vice-Principal of Salisbury Theological College. After this he was Principal of Clergy House, Wimbledon until 1909. He then held a similar post at the Diocesan High School for Europeans in Rangoon until 1914 when he became Vicar of Broadstone, Dorset.^[5] In 1921 he became Professor of Divinity at Bishop's University, Lennoxville. From 1926 to 1940 he was Bishop of Algoma.^[6] Returning to England he was Rector of Lapford until his retirement in 1952.

Religious titles
Preceded by George Thorneloe	Bishop of Algoma 1926 – 1940	Succeeded by George Frederick Kingston

Notes

↑ "Obituary Bishop Rocksborough Smith", The Times, 7 March 1955, p11, Issue 53183, col C
↑ The Times, 15 September 1926; p15; Issue 44377; col B, "New Bishop of Algoma"
↑ "Smith, Rocksborough Remington (SMT896RR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Anglican bishops of Canada

v t e Bishops of Algoma

Frederick Fauquier Edward Sullivan George Thorneloe Rocksborough Smith Frederick Kingston William Wright Frank Nock Leslie Peterson Ronald Ferris Stephen Andrews

Persondata
Name	Smith, Rocksborough Remington
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	1872
Place of birth
Date of death	1950
Place of death

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