Charles Ferguson-Davie


Charles James Ferguson-Davie 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.