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The Right Reverend

John Taylor-Smith

KCB CVO
The Right Reverend; John Taylor-Smith; KCB CVO
Chaplain-General to the Forces
Church	Church of England
In office	1901 to 1925
Predecessor	Cox Edghill
Successor	Alfred Jarvis
Other post(s)	Sub-Prelate of the Venerable Order of Saint John (1916–1938) ; Bishop of Sierra Leone (1897–1901)
Orders
Ordination	1885 (deacon) ; 1886 (priest)
Consecration	1897
Personal details
Born	20 April 1860; Kendal, Westmorland, England
Died	28 March 1938 (aged 77)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism

John Taylor-Smith KCB CVO QHC (20 April 1860 – 28 March 1938) was an Anglican bishop and military chaplain. He was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone by the end of the 19th century and the Chaplain-General to the Forces from the year 1901 to^[2] 1925.

Early life and education

John Taylor-Smith was born in 1860 in Kendal, Westmorland, England. He is the son of John Smith.^[1]^[3]

Ordained ministry

Taylor-Smith was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1885 and as a priest in 1886.^[4]^[5] From 1885 to 1890, he served his curacy at St Paul's Church, Penge in the Diocese of Rochester.^[6] He then moved to colonial Sierra Leone, and served as Sub-Dean of St. George's Cathedral, Freetown, and Diocesan Missioner from 1890 to 1897.^[4] In 1897, he was consecrated to the episcopate as Bishop of Sierra Leone.^[4] He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (QHC) from 1896 to 1901.^[4]

On 1 November 1901, John Taylor-Smith was appointed Chaplain-General to the Forces, and therefore head of the Army Chaplains' Department.^[7] His tenure included the First World War, and he oversaw the expansion of the Army Chaplains' Department from around 120 chaplains in 1914 to almost 3,500 in 1918.^[8] He retired in 1925.^[4]

Having been appointed a Sub-Prelate of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1916, Taylor-Smith continued in that role in retirement.^[4] He died on 28 March 1938.^[9]

Honours

Taylor-Smith was appointed as the Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1906, and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1921.^[3] He created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1925.^[3] As a clergyman, traditionally he would not have received the 'accolade' and thus was not entitled to style himself 'Sir'. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD) degree in 1897.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2532.
^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1395.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rootsweb
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "SMITH, Rt Rev. John Taylor". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
^ "No. 27379". The London Gazette. 22 November 1901. p. 7653.
^ The Royal Army Chaplains Department – Clergy Under Fire, by Michael Snape. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2008
^ Deaths The Times Wednesday, Apr 06, 1938; pg. 17; Issue 47962; col E

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Graham Ingham	Bishop of Sierra Leone 1897–1901	Succeeded by Edmund Elwin
Preceded by Cox Edghill	Chaplain-General to the Forces 1901–1925	Succeeded by Alfred Jarvis