Timothy Dudley-Smith OBE (26 December 1926 – 12 August 2024) was a bishop of the Church of England and a noted hymnwriter.

[1][2][3] Arthur fell ill and died when Dudley-Smith was eleven years old and shortly thereafter, he desired to be a minister.

[1] After ordination, Dudley-Smith served as a curate in Northumberland Heath from 1950 to 1953 and as an honorary chaplain to Chavasse.

[1][6] He later served as head of the Cambridge University Mission in Bermondsey, a boys club located in South London.

[11][12] In 1959, he married June Arlette MacDonald, a junior Wimbledon competitor and former day care worker.