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THE DIOCESE OF SINGAPORE

There are four periods connected with the history of the in the Straits-Settlements and klalaya.

When the chaplainci~swere under the jurisdiction of the Bishops of Cglcutta.

When Singapore and what is now known as Nalaya were de fxto within the diocese of Labuan and Sarawak.

When there was a united diocese of "Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak."

1V. From 1908.

When the present '6Diocese of Singapore" was formed. During this period these parts were under the Indian Gowrnment, and conseq~ently the Bishops of Calcutta held jur:sdiction over all ecclesiastical affairs, and made periodical Visitations. There is also a record of a visit paid in 1846 by Bishop Trevor of Madras. It was not until 1835 that any attempt was made to subdivide thle Diocese of Calcutta which stretched from the Cape to by the formation of the See of Madras. Sub- seqwntly Bombay (1837) and Colombo (1845) were cut out, but till 1863 the Straits Settlements continued under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Calcutta. $ The List of Bishops of Calcutta as far as they *, ' concerned this diocese is as follows:- 31 1814 THOMAS FANSHAWE MIDDLETON. 1823 .

1827 JOHN THOMAS JAMES, 1829 JOHN ,MATTHIAS TURNER.

1832 , FIRST METROPOLITAN QF INDIA. 1858 GEORGE EDWARD COTTON.

1867 ROBERT MILMAN.

11.-Labuan and Sarawak (1869-1881.) On the separation of the Colonial Government from the Government of India in 1867 the Ecclesiastical juris- diction over the Straits Settlements was transferred In I863 to the Bishop of Labusn and Sarawak. Bishop McDougall had been consecrated the first Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak in 1855 at Calcutta, and he retired through ill health in 1868. He was succeeded by Bishop Chambers, who had started the first Dyalr Mission at Bmting. (1855-1868 F. T. McDOUGALL, F.R.C.S.) 1869-1879 WALTER CHAMBERS.

111.-Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak (1881-1909.) In 1881 thie V~en. G. F. Hose was consecrated Bishop with the new title of 'Singapore, Labum and Sarawak.' 1881-1908 GEORGE FREDERICK HOSE.

On the retirement of Bishop Hose 'Singapore' was separated from 'Labuan and Sarawak' and made a separate diocese. The dio-ese thus constituted includes the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and what came to be known as Malaya, the British com- munities in Siam, Java, Sumatra and th,c adjacent islands. Cr The area is aboct 550,000 square miles.

i909-1927 CHARLES JAMES FERGUSON-DAVIE. I 1927 BASIL COLEEY ROBERTS. i [ 41 I1 ARCHDEACONS AND CHAPLAINS.

ARCHDEACONS OF SINGAPORE.

1870-1874 REV. CANON J. A. BECKLES. 1874-1881 VEN. G. F. HOSE. 1882-1890 VEN. T. MEREDITH. 1891-1531 VEN. a. PERHAM. 1902-1204 VEN. W. H. C. DUNKERLEY. 1910-1914 VEN. 11. C. IZARD. 1916-1020 VEM. B. G. SWINDELL.

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RESIDENCY CHAPLAINS.

KOBERT BURN, B.A. (d. 1833 Ruricd cn Fort Canning). FRED J. DARRAH. (d. in Madras.) EDWARD WHITE, M.A. (d. 1845. Buried on Fort Canning.) HORATIO MOULE, M.A. CHARLES J. QUARTLEY, M.A.

[51 1854 CHARLES H. B. GLADWIN, M.A. 1855 W. T. HUMPHREY.

1858 THOMAS C. SMYTH, M.A. ' 1860 A. D. NICHOLSON, M.A. . 1863 CHARLES a. WATERHOUSE.

COLONIAL CHAPLAINS.

1868 JOHN ALLEHNE BECKLES (d. at Chickerell r., Dorset, 1878, aged 37.) 1874 GEORGE FREDERICK HOSE, M.A. id. :it Normandy, Guildford, 1922, aged 83.) 1881 THOMAS MEREDlTH, M.A. (d. at Wolston v., Coventry, 1916, aged 61.) 1801 JOHN PERHAM, M.A. (d. at Chard, Somers., 1928, aged 84.) 1901 W. H. C. DUNKERLEY, M.A. (d. at Ley- bourne r., Maidstone, 1922, aged 61.) 1905 HERBERT C. IZARD, M.A. (ret. 1914.) 1914 FRANK G. SWINDELL, M.A. (ret. 1929.)

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For names of Acting and Assistant Chaplains see page 25-26. 111 THE CATHEDRAL-CHURCH.

We are told that the site occupied by this church was expressly reserved in 1823 y Sir Stamford Raffles For a church, and its poqition is unequalled amongst the G'zthedrals and Churches i~ the East, standing as it does on 2n opEn sea-front and Echg surrounded by an ample churchyard which mizht almost be dignified with the name of la close. U 5 The style is early English, 13th Oentury, and the building consists of a nave with north and south aisles, f?r crossed by a transept, providing side porches. (North Porch converted into Chapter House-1922). Attached to the rhancel is an apse of semi-diagonal form, containing three stained glass windows, memorials, erected by public subscription, to Sir Stamford RafFles, the founder of the Colony; bo J. Crawford, Esquire, Resident of Singapore from 1823 to 1826, and the third to General Butterworth, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855.

The principal entrance is by the West: door-way benezth the groined vaults of the tower, which is divided into organ and bedl lofts, and the whole sumounted by a simple spire without lights. The mouldings through- out the building are very plain but carefully wrought. The organ gallery, erected subsequently to the met of bhe building, by private subscription, possesses the only

approach to ~rnamentin the moulding, the arches being crocheted and the pillar capitols foliated. A projection in the fortn of a triforium surmounts the gallery.

The church was consecrated on the Feast of the Conversion of S. Paul (January 25), 1862, by Bishop Cotton, Lord Bishop of Calcutta, and Metropolitan of India. It was erected at the charge of the Honorable the at a cost of Rs. 120,982. The first stone wan laid on Sunday evening March 4, 1856, bv Bishop Daniel Wilson on the s2ot chosen by Raffles. There appears to have been a division of opinion over . the addition to the plans of an apse, because "the Government might object. . . and it would enlarge the church beyond the voice and strength of most chap- lains; still in itself it wonld be a great ornament."

Underneath the foundation stone was placed a piece of parchment inscrijed as follows:-

"The first English Church of Singapore com- menced A. D. 1834 and consecrated 1838 having become dilapidated, this first stone of a new and commodious Edifice, dedicated to the worship of Almighty God according to the' rites and discipline of the Church of England under the name of S. Andrew was laid by the Right Reverend Dani4 Wikon, D.D., Lord Bishop of Calcutta, and Metropolitan of India, on the 4th day of March, 1856 in the 24th year of his episcopate.

"The Hon'ble Edmund Augustus Blundell, ,being the Governor of the Straits Settlemente. [81 "The Hon'ble Thomas Church, being Resident The surke of the walls and ~illar8 Councillor of Singapope. "THE call for special mention. b5jor McNair INTERIOR informs us that they are coated wth "Lt.-Col. Charles Pooley, of the Madras Army, - WALLS AND a composition which is so hard that it commanding the troops. PILLARS." is almost impossible to drive a nail "The Rev. William Topley Humphrey being into it. It is what was known as Madras chaplain, and Captain Ronald Macpherson, of the chunam, a' composition made from shell lime without Madras Army, being arcbitwt. sand; but with this lime "we had whites of eggs ana coarse sugar or 'jaggery' beaten together to form a "The building to be erected at the charge of sort of paste and mixed with water in which husks oi the Hon'ble East India Company. Full Estimate cocoanuts had been steeped. The walls and pillais after of cost, company's Rupws 120,932 or with use a period of drying were r~bbedwith rock crystal or of convict labour Rs. 47,916." rounded stone until they took a beautiful polish and being occasionally dusted with fine soapstone powder, anc? The building was designed by Colonel Macpherson so leaving. a remarkably smooth and glossy surface." whose memorv a cross has been erected in the Cathedral compound. He was buried in the Bukit Timah (M~z~jorMcNair's Prisoners the~irown warders. 1879.) Road cemetery and a window placed over the West Door. The building was in the hands of Captain McNair, R.A., who was in charge of the convict labour. Mr. John The centre light is to the memory THE WINDOWS of Sir Stamford Raffles. It is ins- Bennett, a civil and mechanical engineer, was largely (EAST END) cribed as follows:-"To the memory concerned with its erection and did most of the detail I nork of the building. Mlr. W. D. Blayliss acted as of Sir Stamford hffles, Kt. The Superintendent of Works and of the convicts. Illustri~usFound2r of the Settlement of Singapore. This window 1s dedicated by the citizrns A. D. 1861." Measurements :- The North light is to the memory of John Craw- . Outside 225 feet, long; 115 feet wide. ford: "To the Honour and Glory of God and as a Inside 181 ft. 4 in. long; 55 ft. 4 in. wide. testimonial to John Crawford Esq., Governor of Singapore 1823 to 1826, whose sound principles of administration The chancel axh is 55 ft. 6 in. high, and the height during the infancy of this Settlement formed a basis from floor to roof is 74 feet. The spire is 207 feet 6 for that uninterruptfd ptosperity which the Colony thus in. high. gratefully records." The South light is inscri'bed with these words:- "To Major-General William Buttcrworth, C.B., who suc- cessfully govmned these Settlements from 1843 to *1845, this window is dedicated by the citizens of Singapore."

The Reaedos-Subject: the "N'orship of THE the Shepherds-was erected by public REREDOS. wbscripti~nto perpetuate the memory of Emily Harriet Hose, the wife of the late Bishop "Hose. She died at Bishop's House, Kuching, Sarawak, in 1'305. The artist was Sir Charles J. Blom- field, F.R.I.B.A. The inscription on a tablet on North wall of the chanzel reads as follows:-

To the Glory of God and in Memory of Emily Harriet Hose wife of the Bishop of - Singapore and Sarawat. This Reredos is erected by her many frields in this Diocese, where for 36 years she joyfully spent her life in the service of God and His Church. Eorn Jan: 24th, 1841. Died JU'~6th, 1S04. "We bless Thy Holy Name for all Thy servants dcrartsd this life in Thy faith and fear."

il The original organ was pulled down in ORGAN. 19Z8 to maks way for a new organ in which has been incorporated much ~f the old organ.

The original organ mas built by John Walker, Londop, in 1861 at a cost of 860'0. It is a gre'at advertiaem,ent for the builders that this organ stood the climate for 66 I I -- I "(1845 is a mistake. It should be 1855-Ed.) years, at the end of which time parts were still worthy of a place in the new organ. This Walker organ was on arrival placed between two pillars opposite the North Porch (now the Chapter House). It was then moved tu the West Gallery, where also the choir sat. Subsequently the choir was moved to tn: front of the Nave and a smali organ by Brycesori Bros., London, was erected in the North Vestry. In 1888 this Bryceson organ was bought by S. George's Church, Penang. The present organ, in whici; is i~orporatedpart of the Walker organ, was built in 1323 by Mr. I?. Sands fcf Lhe iirm of Wm. Hill and Son, and Norman and Beard, itd., London and Calcutta, at a cost of $30,000. It h2a Lhree manuals and is electricdly driven, and is an ~nstrumentof which the Csthedral may be justly proud. was given 57 a former Governor, Sir Cecii TdE Smith. It was made in Ceylon, and dcdicatrd I'ULPIT n 1S83. The Lectern was presented by Thos. Shelford in n~emory of his first wife, while thc Altar rail; were givm by the Shellord family in loenlory oP Tncs. Snelford who died in 1900. The Choir stalls were pieserltcd by Mr. J. J. Macbea.1 in 1930. of the Cathedral are eight in number, THE and the iargnet bc-11 is equal in weight to No. 8 &EELS in the peal o$ S. Paill's Cathedral, London. They were given in memory of J. S. M. Prasei, Cap~in,H.C.1.C S., and were cast by Taylor of Loughborough. The fou~dationsof the tower were not hid ior the ringing oi tills, and after their hanging it Ma:, found that the tow?r would not stand the strain. The bells accordingly were permanently fix~ed and the seats on the North side as the seats of the Governor. clappers tied. They are now strllck with hammers which This arrangement has mntinued to the present day. gives 'the effect of chiming. In 1922 an anonymous donor gave a CHAPTER Tknkoffering on his retirement from , A day of sad memories in Singapore HOUSE. Singapore of E1,000. This was devoted THE MUTINY is Feb. 15th, 1915, when many of the to the transforming of the North porch (1915) garri5c.n and civilian population lost into the present Chapter House. In it will be seen a , their lives at the hands of the Fifth portrait of the late Bishop Hose by Eassano, and a Light Infantry (Indian Army), which ,broke out in mutiny picture of Bishop Ferguson-Lhavie. A part is used as the at Alexandra Barracks at 3 p.m. of that day. On the Bishop's vestry. North wall will be seen tablets recording the names of those who wene shot. The Indian watchman at the Portraits of formQr Archd~eaconsand Colonial Chap- Cathedral, when he went on duty at sunset that day, lains may be -em in the vestry on the North was fired at by a nervous sentry on the esplanade, and side. the mark of the ,bullet will be seen in a pillar near the The memory of Bishop Hose is perpetuated by a South door. The bullet just grnzcd the watchman's wry handsome Chalice and Paten, executed by the Warham turban. Guild. This is used at great Festivals, and it may be, seen on application to the Chaplain. It will be noted that the official SITTINGS seats of H.E. the Governor of the Straits In regard to the services the two , Settlements are on the North side instead SERVICES. choral smvices on the Sunday are 7-45 a.m. of on the more usual South side. The origin of this is Holy Communion and sermon, and 5-30 p.m. Evensong and sermon. The Choral goes bazk to Archdeacon Perham's day, and the starting When Sir Frederick Wcld was Governor, being a of this service was due to his energy and perseverame. Roman Catholic, he did not use his seats, but allowed Many visitors to Singapore have commented on the theychief Justice to occur,y them. Thcse seats were on beauty of this service and the stzndard of the music, end the South side. Sir Cecil Smith, th,e Colonial Secretary, confessed to its providin:: one of the happiest experiences succeeded Sir Frederick Weld as Governor in 1887, and in a tour round-the world. This is due to the untiring Sir Cecil had previous to hhis occupied the front seats efforts and zeal of Mr. Edwin A. Brown, who has been t on the North side. The new Governor, who had grown honorary choirmaster ,for over twenty years. Two servers ( accustomed to the seats on the North side, and did not who he:ped Archdeacon Pmham have donated Sanctuary I wish to disturb the Chief Justice, elected to retain the Chairs in his memory. Bmides these two services there are \ 1 mny others, notice of which will be sen at the doors and in the local Papers, as well as in the hotels. U,p to the end of 1929 the Govern- THE ORIGINAL S. ANDREW'S PAROCHIAL ment maintained the chaplaimy ? the MATTERS. extent of ~aying for the Colonial CHURCH Chaplain who was a Government servant on the Establishment list, an arrangement which went Thd present church is the second one built-on this back to the days of the East India Company, and the site. The Foundation stonc of the original S. Andrew's Indian Btablishment. In accordance with the published Church was laid in 1831, and it was consecrated in 1838. policy of the Governmerlt in 1906, Penang was disesta- There were present at its consecration besides Bishop blished in 1916 on the retirement of the Rev. F. W. Wilson, the Governor of the Straits Sett-ements (Hon'ble Haines, and Melacca in 1914 when the Rev. F. G. Swindell Mr. Bonham), Ven'ble Archdeacon Dealty (Madras), and was transferred to Singapore, and Singapore on the re- the Hon'bla Mr. Church, Resident Councillor. The building tirement of Archdeacon Swindell in 1929. The latter was 102 feet long and 95 feet wide and it had porticos 20 retirement brings to an end the Government Ecclesiastical f~etwide on both sides. It had a short life. It was Establishment, and the title Colonial ChapIain as implying smere y damsaged by lizhtning in 1845 when the steeple a servant of the Colonial Establishment. The Straits was styuck and in April 1649. It was finally closed in 1852. Settlements Government, however, is for th3 preaent dlow- Th's church ccst $10,910 towards which the Government ing the Church Committeas ;n P~:umg,Mahcca, land Singa- contributed $41300. Th. rest of the money was con- pone0 annual pants for the maintenanoe of Divine Worship, tributed 'by the Society for Promoting Christian Know- and is maintaining the jabric of the churches. Without ledge (S.P.C.K.), the Church Building Fund, the Bishop this support it would 5e very difficult to carry on the of Calcutta and the general wblic. The Residency Chap- work. The affairs of the Cathdral parish are managed lain at that time was the Rev. Edward White, M.A., by a Parochial Church Council of which the Chaplain in who died in Singapore in 1845. A tablet to his-memory charge is ex-officio chairmsn. A!l residents in Singapore, may ba seen on the North wall of the Sanctuary. The being members of the Church of England, are asked to architect was Mr. G. D. Coleman, superintendent of Public support their parish chur'zh by regular monthiy or yearly Works, whose nam survives in Coleman Street. The subscriptions. The financial respons~b!Iities are very building is described as standha in a churchyard, measur- heavy, for the cler~zre recruited from England. ing E. to IW. 540 feet, and N. to S. 720 feet to secure Visitors, also (it is hoped), will mark their appreciation the ssid church from deserration. At the consecration of the church and its work by contributing to its mainten- the Rev. E. White presrnted the Bishop with the Sanction ance. (in writing) of the local Government. The following is a copy of the letter sent by th,e Governor to the Bishop inviting him to consecrate the new church:-

To the Right Reverend Rather in God, Daniel, Lord Biahop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India.

My Lord, In my official capaci* aa Governor of the Straits, I beg leave to inform your Lordship that the Church at. Singapore, begun under your auspices in 1834, is now completed, and has been for some time opened for the celebration of Public Worship eccording to the Rites and usages of the Church of England. I have further to assure your Lordship that if you should feel at liberty to cgnsecrate and set apart the said church, the local Government of the Straits will afford all the aid to protect it from desecration, and keep and appropriate it for the pUrFOSe for which it was erected, which the peculiar circumstances of this Setthe- ment will allow. I have the honour to be,

Your obedient Servant, F. G, BONHAM, Governor of P. of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca.

There are six tablets in the present church, which were taken from the old church. They commemorate the following:- (In the Sanctuary.) The Rev. Edward White, M.A. Died 1845, aged 52. Major-General ~uttemorth. Died in England 1856, aged 56.

(In the South aisle.) George Samuel Berens, Mate of R.N., of H.M. Sloop Harlequin, Died 1843, aged 25; buried off Tanjong Dattoo, I. of Borneo Comdr. William Maitlsand, R.N. Died on board H. M. Steamer Spiteful in the Roadstead 1846, aged 40.

(Near West Door.) Marjory, the beloved wife of W. M. McLeod Read Died 1849 in Scotland, aged 23. John Monckton Hay, of the Bengal Civil Service, Died 1843, aged 29.

Mrs. Balestier, the wife of American Consul, pmenbed the church with a bell, which was used dso in the new church until the pnesent peal was given. Mrs. Balestier'gave the bell on condition that the curfew was L rung every night at 8 o'clock. This was done until the year I 1874. The Resident Councillor. the Hon'ble Mr. Church, L The Resident Counci!lc.r replied:- gave a clock which was removed to the Court House when the church was d~molished,and it was taken down "Most of your prede~ssorshave scrupulously from there in 1901., There was a barrel organ in the abstained from interfering with the Burial Ground church which was subsequently given to Mallaxa, when md the church compound; if however you will a new orgzn was pnrrhzsed for $260 in 1843 from take upon yourself the trouble and ~esponsibility Ho'ditch of London. The steeple, as previously men- of maintainng the grou~dsin a clean and orderly tior~d, was stmzk by lightning in August, 1845, state, much benefit will, I think, accrulz therefrom. and later both the teeplc and the church were Convicts will of course be periodically supplied badly damaged by lightning in April 1845. In 1852 as at present, should the coolies etc., attached it was decided that the church was unsafe, and it was no lo the church ':NP insufficient for the purpose." long~rused. Divine Service was held in the Mission Chapel at the corner of Bras Basah Road. In 1854 The same !etter stated thzt the plans of the new there was a public protest against the ruinous state 01 church had been wproved. the old church. IIn 1855 the Bengal Government approved of the building of the ncw church.

In connection with the first church it is interesting to read an entry in the Log Book dated Mlay 1846. The ~ntryis by the Eishop of Madras (Trevor), who appears to have made this visitation for the Bishop of Calcutta: - "S. Andrew's Chu~chwas in good repair. \ . . . the enclosure or compound is wry neatly I 11 kept, and good order is preserved during Divine Service .by not pcrmittinp carriages or horse's with their attandsmts to remain during this period within the gates, an arrangement which the Bishop considers it very desirable to introduce (if practicable), at all chaplains' stations." The Rev. C. H. B. Gladwin shortly after his appoint- ment in 1854 complained of the old and v.wless convicts 1 attached as labourers at the church, and made a proposal \ to the Governm'tnt,

( C L ' 1827 Mr. Chs. Grey crossed from Mnlaccs to the Pahang coast. He died of fever at Makca 25 days HISTORICAL NOTES after his return. 1828 First rderence to steamers. 1834 Oct. 7, Burial Ground (Fort Canning) consecrated by Bishop Wilson. 1818 Malacca restored to the Dutch (Treaty of Viema). It had been taken in 1795. 1838 August 25. Christ Church, Malacca, consecrated by Bishop Wilson of Calcutta. 1819 Singapore founded on Feb. 6 by Sir Stamford Raffles. On Nay 4 S. George's Chu~ch, Szpt. I@. Conszcration of the first English Penang, consecrated by the Bishop of Calcutta church in Sinzapore by Bishop Daniel Wilson (Bishop Middleton). (Calcutta). 1823 It is recorded that the Government voted $150 to 1845 The church was twice seriously damaged by light- a Missionary, Rev. S. Milton, (L.M.S.), who 1849 ning. acted as chaplsin prior to the appointmlent of 1848 Rev. I?. T. and Mrs. McDougall and Rev. W. B. the first Residency Chaplain. and Mrs. Wright, sailing round the Cape, 1824 Mr. Dunmn's diary states:- arrived at Kwching to open Mission work. "Singapore had a chaplain but no church, the 1850 Foundation stone of S. Thomas's church, Kuching, only place of worship being the Mission Chapel, laid on August 28th. towards which the %st India ,Co. had gener- 1851 In Jan. Bishop Wilson consecrated S. T~OWIS'S ously contributed." church' at Kuching. In the Bishop's party were By Treaty of Holland Malacca exchanged with Archdeacon and Mrs. Pratt, and Rev. H. Moulc. Dutch for Bencoolen (Sumatra). Rev. F. T. and Mrs. McDougall, passing through 1826 Malacca, Penang and Singapore incor,por.eted as Singapore on the way to stay up Penang Hill with Sir James Brookc, lost their little boy, c The Straits ~rttlemenfsunder the control of the Government of India. First Rmideqcy Harry, from diphtheria in Singapore. Chaplain appointed. Rev. W, Chambers arrived in Kuchmg. 1 22 1 1862 Jan. 25 (Sat.) Consecration of S. Andrew's Church (Cathcdral) by Bishop Cotton. 1851 In Jan. 5. Thomas' Cathedral, Kuching, Sarawak, 1864 C. B. Buckley amivcd in col., d. 1912, age 68. consecrated by Bishop Wilson (72 years of Author of The Anecdotal History of Singapore age). and known as The Children's Friend. The 1852 The church closed as unsafe. Font ewer at Cathedral bears his name. 1867 The Straits Settlements granted independent 1855 Bishop F. T. AUcDougall consecrated in Calcutta government as Crown Colony under the Indian Cathedral, the first Bishop of Labuan and ofice. Sarawak by Bishop Daniel Wilson, assisted by Biship Smith of Victoria, Hong Kong, and 1868 Bifshop McDougal! resigmcd. Bishop Dealtry of Mhdras. 1869 (The Suez Canal was opened.) [This was the first Colonial Bishop conse-mkd mt- The Eo:lesiastical Establishment separated from side Eng1and.J th~diocese of Calcutta and transferred to that of Labuan and Sarawak. 1856 March 4. The laying of the foundation stone of the present church (Cathedral) by Bishop Bishop Chambers consecrated Bishop of the newly Daniel Wiison. constituted See. 1870 Bishop Chambers paid his first visit. 1857 S. Andrew's Church Mission foundzd. (The Indian Mutiny). S. Andrew's Church constituted the Cathedral of the Dioce~se. Rev. 1W. B. Wright was ordained in Singapore by Bishop McDougall, acting for the Bishop The Rev. J. A. Eeckles, the first Colonial Chap- of Calcutta, in order that he might take up lain, appointed Canon of the Cathedral. the appointnlevt of Colonial Chaplain at 1874 Rev. G. F. Hose appointed the first Archdeacon of Malacca. For seven years he lsad been in Singapore. No further Canons were appointed. charge of Raffles Institution. Edw. Salzmamn organist of the Cathedral, 1858 The Government o? East Indies transferred to the arrived in Colony; ret. 1919. Still (1929) Crown. resident in Singapore. Miss Sophia Cook arrived; d. 1895. I 18'75 S. ? ' '- church built. First used for worship In connection with the Female Education Society, on Feh. 14th. which later was taken over by thz C.E.Z.M.S. Sophia Road is named aftsr Miss Cook. [ 24 I Bishop Hose founded the Straits Branch of the Asiatic Society for promotion of interest in the science and literature of Malaya. VI. Bishop Hose's Ertthronenlent. Clergy present:- ACTING COLONIAL CHAPLAINS. W. H. Gomes, L. C. Biggs (Penang), W. Everiugham (Malacca) . The following is a list of those who have been in Bishop McDougall died in England. temporary charge as Acting Colonial chaplains during Sarawak bwame e British Protectorate. periods of fur!ough or sickness:- S. Andrew's House opened by H.E., Sir C. C. Smith. 1869 G. F. Hose. S. Matthew's Church, Sepoy Lines, consecrabcd. 1871 S. R. Dingley..

Bishop Hose retired after 40 years' work in the 1875 . G. F. Hose. diocese. He was Bishop for 27 years. 1876 W. H. Gomes. New Diocese of Singapore constituted, Bishop Faguson-Davir bein2 consecrated in S. Paul's 1881 L. C. Biggs. Cathedral the first Eishop of Singapore. 1901 W. H. C. ~unkerle~. The first Parochial Church Council (m place o. 1905 H. C. Izard. Trustees) constituted. 1907 F, G. Swindell. S. Andrew's Mission Hospital for Women and Chil- dren was ope~ed. The Medical Mission work 1912 F. G. Swindell. in Singapore teran in 1913. 1914 H. G. Peile. Bishop Ferguson-Davic rztired. Bishop Roberts 1919 B. N. Miles. consecrated Bishop on S. Luke's Day in West- minster Abbey. 1923 E. A. Hone. 1926 G. T. Shetliffz. 1 27 I

[ 26 I CHAPLAINS OF THE ROYAL NAVY ASSISTANT CHAPLAINS OF SINGAPORE. and The following is the list of Assistant Chaplains with SEAMEN'S CHAPLAINS the year of their appointment:- with othem-mentioned in registers. 1840 J. Vauzhan. 1840 J. N. Norgate. 1845 Parish, W.E., H.M.S. Agincourt. 1841 R. Panting. 1844 H. Taylor. 1848 Edwards, J., H.M.S. Dmlalus. 1845 W. J. Parish. Hannan, F. 1848 W. B. Wright. 1875 R. J. F. Smith. Gell, J. P. 1879 J. Holland. 1849 Thompson, J., H.M.S. Maeiander. 1886 B. Wonnacott. 1890 H. Powell. 1850 Waldron, F.W., H.M.S. Amazon. 1882 A. Sharp. 1902 E. Griffith Evans. 1855 Grayling, T. 1905 J. Andrew Smith. 1857 Jackson, N., R.N. 11908 J. Marsh Kirkby. 1910 John H. Smith. 1862 Garrett, W.W., H.M.S. Scout. 1910 W. S. Kelley. 1862 Venn, Edw. E. (S.P.G.) 1911 John H. Smith. 1911 E. L. Danson. 1863 Ince, J.C., Seamen's Chaplain. A. B. Champion (Bishop's Chaplain.) 1871 Kerr, W.B., Seamen's Chaplain 1912 H. G. Pdle. 1913 C. B. Wood. 1874 Brown, J., Seamen's Chaplain. 1916 R. V. H. Bune. 1916 G. Dexter Allen. 1918 G. Dexter Allen. 1918 B. N. M5les. fl'h abovenamed ships were engaged in the sup- , 1920 J. Butterworth. pression of piracy. ' 1923 H. Parsons., ' 1925 G. T. Shetliffe. , 1926 J. V. Westlake.

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