Godfrey Smith (priest)

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Godfrey Smith (14 July 1878 - 1 August 1944) was Archdeacon of Furness from 1926 until his death.[1]

He was educated at Charterhouse, Magdalen College, Oxford and Wells Theological College;[2] and ordained in 1903.[3] After curacies in Barrow-in-Furness and Grange-over-Sands he held incumbencies at Walney Island, Cartmel, Wentworth, South Yorkshire (where he was also Chaplain to the 7th Earl Fitzwilliam and Haverthwaite.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 03, 1944; pg. 1; Issue 49925
  2. ^ ‘SMITH, Ven. Godfrey Scott’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 July 2015
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 1320: London, Horace Cox, 1908
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Penrith
1926 – 1944
Succeeded by