Augustine Scriven

Augustine Scriven (1852–1916) was an eminent Anglican priest in the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first two of the twentieth.^[1] He was born in Spernall, Sambourne, Warwickshire^[2] and educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford^[3] and ordained in 1875.^[4] After curacies at Kirkham and Frindsbury^[5] he held incumbencies at Martinhoe^[6] and St Peter, Rochester. In 1884 he became Archdeacon of Vancouver^[7] a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of British Columbia in 1915.^[8] Less than a year later he died on 21 July 1916.^[9]

References

1. British Columbia Archival Union List
2. Genuki (1)
3. University Intelligence The Times Thursday, 5 April 1888; p. 10; Issue 32352; col C
4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
5. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
6. Genuki (2)
7. Gen Forum
8. The Times, Friday, 6 August 1915; p. 13; Issue 40926; col G New Bishop of British Columbia
9. The Times, Monday, 24 July 1916; p. 11; Issue 41227; col E Obituaries Two Colonial Bishops