Lucius Smith was the inaugural Bishop of Knaresborough

Bishop of Knaresborough

The Bishop of Knaresborough is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, in the Province of York, England...

 from 1905 to 1934. Born on 6 January 1860 into a clerical family he was educated at Harrow

Harrow School

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 and Balliol College, Oxford

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. In 1882 he studied for ordination at Leeds Clergy School before a curacy

Curate

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 in Toxteth

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. He was successively Vicar of Ilkley

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, Richmond

Richmond, North Yorkshire

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, Easby

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, Calverley

Calverley

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 and Macclesfield

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 before a 29 year stint as Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough

Bishop of Knaresborough

The Bishop of Knaresborough is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, in the Province of York, England...

. A thoughtful cleric, devout patriot and historian, he died on 31 December 1934.