Samuel Baines

Frederick Samuel Baines (1858–1939) was an Anglican bishop.

He was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford,[1] and ordained in 1882.

[2] His first post was as Curate at Holy Trinity, Leeds,[3] after which he was Vicar of St Cuthbert, Hunslet.

[4] Later he was Archdeacon of Durban and then Secretary of the Council for Service Abroad.

In 1901 he was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Natal[5] and served the diocese for twenty-eight years.