Charles Ferguson-Davie
Bishop of Singapore
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| Intro | Bishop of Singapore | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Charles James Ferguson-Davie Charles J. Ferguson-Davie C. J. Ferguson-Davie | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Charles James Ferguson-Davie Charles J. Ferguson-Davie C. J. Ferguson-Davie | ||||||
| Places | United Kingdom Singapore | ||||||
| was | Priest | ||||||
| Work field | Religion | ||||||
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| Religion: | Anglicanism | ||||||
| Birth | 1872 | ||||||
| Death | 1963 (aged 91 years) | ||||||
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Biography
Charles James Ferguson-Davie (1872–1963) was an Anglican bishop, the first Bishop of Singapore, appointed 1910.
Born into a clerical family, he was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Ordained in 1896, his first post was as a curate at St Paul Preston. He was then to spend the rest of his career overseas, firstly as an USPG missionary, then as a Colonial Bishop, and finally as a Priest and Warden in Natal. When he died he was the Church’s most senior bishop, having been consecrated 63 years earlier.
Personal life
In 1902, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Ferguson-Davie.