Proctor Swaby

William Proctor Swaby FRGS (1844 – 16 November 1916[1]) was a colonial Anglican bishop from 1893[2] until 1916.

Born in Tetney,[3] Swaby was educated at Durham University, where he won the Barry Scholarship.[4] He eventually earned a doctorate in Divinity[5] He held incumbencies at Castletown, Sunderland[6] and at Milfield before being ordained to the episcopate in 1892[7] as Bishop of Guyana.[8] Translated to Barbados and the Windward Islands in 1900, he died in post.

Swaby was a Fellow of the Colonial Institute and the Royal Microscopical Society.[4]

Notes

1. Deaths The Times Tuesday, 21 Nov 1916; pg. 1; Issue 41330; col A
2. St George’s Cathedral website Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. Tetney Church Community Project Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Swaby, Rt Rev. William Proctor, (1844–16 Nov. 1916)". UK Who's Who. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
5. "Durham University Calendar 1897". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
6. The Times, Thursday, 11 Feb 1875; pg. 7; Issue 28236; col G Ecclesiastical Appointments
7. Land of six peoples
8. University of Alberta

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by William Piercy Austin	Bishop of Guyana 1893– 1900	Succeeded by Edward Archibald Parry
Preceded by Herbert Bree	Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands 1900–1916	Succeeded by Alfred Pakenham Berkeley