Frederic Beaven

Frederick Hicks Beaven (11 April 1855 – 22 January 1941)^[1] was Bishop of Mashonaland from 1911,^[2] through 1915 when his title was changed to Bishop of Southern Rhodesia,^[3] until his retirement in 1925.

He was born in Calne, educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster and University College, Durham^[4] and ordained in 1879. His first post was a curacy at St Martin's Church, Brighton.^[5] He then held incumbencies at All Saints', Newborough, Staffordshire (1881–85), St Chad's Church, Stafford (1885–87) and St Paul's, Burton upon Trent (1887–1901). He was an Acting Chaplain to the 2nd Battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment in the Second Boer War,^[6] and from 1903 he was Archdeacon of Matabeleland. In 1908 he became Dean of Harare, the dean of the cathedral in Salisbury (now Harare), his last appointment before appointment to the episcopate in 1911.^[7] He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

1. Deaths- Rt Rev F.H. Beaven The Times Friday, Jan 24, 1941; pg. 1; Issue 48832; col A
2. New Bishop Of Mashonaland The Times Friday, Nov 04, 1910; pg. 13; Issue 39421; col B
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975, ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: ISBN 0-19-200008-X, OCLC 25885092, OCLC 59162245.
4. “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
6. The London Gazette: no. 27383. p. 8647. 6 December 1901. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
7. “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 978-90-04-16746-9