Lucius Smith

Lucius Frederick Moses Bottomley Smith (6 January 1860 – 31 December 1934) was the inaugural Bishop of Knaresborough from 1905 to 1934.

The Right Reverend Lucius Smith
Bishop of Knaresborough
Lucian Smith, circa 1890
Church	Anglican
Province	Province of York
Diocese	Diocese of Ripon
Elected	1905
Personal details
Birth name	Lucius Frederick Moses Bottomley Smith
Born	January 6, 1860
Died	December 31, 1934 (aged 74)
Nationality	British
Education	Harrow School
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Background

Lucius Frederick Smith was born on 6 January 1860 into a clerical family. His father was the Reverend Frederick Smith (1823-1874) of Woodleigh Hall, Rawdon,[1] Vicar of Shelf, West Yorkshire.[2] In the Wharfedale area in 1884,[3] Lucius Smith married Lucy Catherine Gibson Bottomley (1863–1937), daughter of Moses Bottomley (born 1829) JP of Rawdon and Susannah Ingham (born 1840). Smith took on the extra names "Moses Bottomley" at the time of the marriage.[4][5] They had two sons Bernard Richard Lucius (later Reverend) and Frederick, and three daughters.[3] Bernard was director of music at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford.[6]

In the paternal line, Lucius Smith's grandfather was Joseph Smith (1792-1841) Alderman and Burgess of Doncaster and his great grandfather William Smith (1767-1829) merchant and property owner in Rotherham and Whitehouse near Greasborough. His Uncle Arthur Joseph Smith (1825-1891) was three times Lord Mayor of Doncaster,[7] another uncle William Edwood Smith was twice Lord Mayor of Doncaster and Town Clerk.[7] His cousin Walter Shirley Shirely QC MP (1851-1888) was elected the first Member of Parliament for the Doncaster Division in 1885 - he too also attended Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford.[8]

Smith was educated at Harrow[9] and Balliol College, Oxford.[10] At Balliol in 1880 he took second class Classical Honour Moderations, and in 1882 he graduated with Bachelor of Arts. Following Oxford, he studied for a year at Leeds Clergy School, and was ordained deacon and priest at Liverpool in 1883. In 1905 he was made Doctor of Divinity.[5]

Career

Smith accepted a curacy at St Thomas Toxteth Park, 1883–1886.[nb 1][3] He was successively curate of St Margaret Ilkley between 1886 and 1890, then took a curacy at Richmond for a year, 1890–1891. In 1891 he became vicar of Easby with Brompton-on-Swale. Between 1892 and 1902 he was vicar of Calverley, and between 1902 and 1906 he was vicar of Macclesfield. He had the Canon Residentiary of Ripon Cathedral from 1905 to 1921. On 27 December 1905 he behan his 29-year stint as Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough.[11] He was also Archdeacon of Ripon during the same period, but his title was changed to Archdeacon of Leeds (1921-1934). His last post from 1921 was rector of Methley, where in those early days of telecommunications his telephone number was Methley 8. He resigned the Methley post around 1933 due to ill health, although he retained the archdeaconry of Leeds.[3][5][12]

Smith supported the temperance movement, and organisations for overseas missions. Alongside his ecumenical duties, he was concurrently president of the antiquarian Thoresby Society. He was considered "an authority on architecture and archaeology," and produced various pamphlets and books, including The Story of Ripon Minster, besides religious tracts such as Penitence, Pardon and Progress and When Thou Hast Shut Thy Door.[5]

A thoughtful cleric,[13] devout patriot[14] and historian,[15] Lucius Smith died at Methley rectory on 31 December 1934.[5][16]

Published works

• Smith, Lucius (1914). The Story of Ripon Minster, A Study in Church History. Leeds: Richard Jackson. (Appendix, index, list of subscribers, frontispiece drawing of Lady Loft by P. Radcliffe-Wilson, 37 photographic plates. 327pp.)

Notes

1. During which time he married Lucy Bottomley

References

1. "Bishop Lucius Smith". The Times (London) (46951). Gale Primary Sources/The Times Digital Archive. 2 January 1935. p. 17. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
2. Hewitt, J F. "The Early History of St Margaret's Church, Ilkley". St Margaret's Ilkley. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
3. "Smith, Rt Rev. Lucius". ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who 2020 (A & C Black). 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U217275.
4. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 14 August 2020. Marriages Mar 1884 Smith Lucius Frederick, and Lucy Catherine G. Bottomley Wharfedale 9a 197
5. "Death of Dr Lucius Smith, former bishop of Knaresborough". Leeds Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 1 January 1935. p. 5 col.1. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
6. Henshaw, W.B. (2020). "Rev. Bernard Richard Lucius Smith". organ-biography.info. Biographical Dictionary of the Organ. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
7. Waller, Symeon (2013). "Doncaster History The History and Archaeology of the Doncaster region". doncasterhistory.wordpress.com/. Doncaster History. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
8. "Death of Mr Walter S. Shirley". South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times. British Newspaper Archive. 4 May 1888. p. 5 col.5. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
9. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
10. Undergraduate at Balliol Archived 2006-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
11. The Times, Thursday, 22 November 1905; p. 14; Issue 38184; col A Ecclesiastical Intelligence
12. "Dr Lucius Smith". Truth. British Newspaper Archive. 9 January 1935. p. 7 col.1. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
13. ”Religious education and the education bill: 1906 ... a charge delivered at the archidiaconal visitation, May 8th and 10th, 1906.”Smith, L.F.M.B: Leeds, Richard Richardson,1906
14. "Prayers in time of war" The Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Boyd Carpenter, the Bishop of Worcester, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Knaresborough, the Bishop of Birmingham, Canon Newbolt & others: London, Jarrold, 1914
15. ”The Story of Ripon Minster” Smith, L.F.M.B: Leeds, Richard Richardson,1924
16. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 14 August 2020. Deaths Dec 1934 Smith Lucius F. M. B. 74 Pontefract 9c 153

External links

• Balliol Library (30 July 2019). "BFFs: Balliol friends forever". balliollibrary.wordpress.com/. Historic Collections at Balliol, Treasures of the Library at Balliol College, Oxford. Retrieved 18 August 2020. (contains image of music notation by Lucius Smith)