Chauncy Maples

Chauncy Maples (1852 – 2 September 1895) was a British clergyman and Anglican missionary who became Bishop of Likoma, with a diocese in East Africa.

[1][2] Born at Bound's Green in 1852, he was the son of Frederick Maples, a solicitor, and his wife Charlotte Elizabeth Chauncy.

[4] In early 1874, suffering some poor health, he dropped out of his course for a time, and read with William Wolfe Capes at Liphook.

[5] In a complex local situation, Maples supported Matola I of the Yao people, who was on good terms with the Anglican missionaries.

[3] On his return journey, his boat capsized on Lake Nyasa during a storm on 2 September; Maples and the lay missionary Joseph Williams were drowned.

[11] The 18 African men and boys aboard swam safely ashore, but Maples was pulled down by the weight of his cassock.