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Charles Ferguson-Davie

Charles James Ferguson-Davie DD was an Anglican bishop, the first Bishop of Singapore, appointed in 1910.

Early life and education
Born into a clerical family on 16 March 1872 in Yelverton, Norfolk, Ferguson-Davie was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, receiving his B.A. degree in 1894 and M.A. degree in 1899. He attended Leeds Clergy School and was ordained a deacon in 1896 and a priest in 1898. His first post was as a curate at St Paul, Preston. He then became a USPG missionary. == Missionary work ==
Missionary work
Arriving in the Punjab Province of British India in 1899, Ferguson-Davie served as domestic chaplain to Bishop of Lahore George Lefroy until 1902. He was then assigned to Rewari until 1907 before serving in Rawalpindi until 1909. Ferguson-Davie served as the first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore from 1909 to 1927. He was conferred an honorary D.D. degree by the University of Cambridge in 1909. == Personal life ==
Personal life
His paternal grandfather was Henry Ferguson Davie. They adopted a daughter. After his wife's death in 1943, he remarried with Marie Antoinette Jacobine (Hax) Randles, the widow of a South African barrister, in 1948. == References ==
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