John Dauglish was an AnglicanNational Archives colonial bishopTime Magazine in the mid 20th century.Bahamas uncensored
Born 19 October 1879 and educated at St Edward's School, OxfordWho was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 and St John's College, OxfordThe Times, Saturday, 4 August 1900; pg. 12; Issue 36212; col E University Intelligence he was ordained in 1902.”The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913 After a short spell as a Curate he spent the next 19 years as a Royal Naval Chaplain.BRRAM During the Great War, Dauglish served at Shotley Barracks where he was regarded as 'most zealous and conscientious 'and, from July, 1918, on HMS Queen Elizabeth on which he witnessed the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet and conducted the service of thanksgiving.'The Sea Chaplains'by Gordon Taylor, Oxford Illustrated Press, 1978, p. 535 He was a greatly admired padre, '...his upright character and straightforward advice and criticism universally appreciated'Both quotations are from TNA ADM6/444/17
In 1924 he was appointed Rector of Lympstone.In 1931 he was appointed Bishop of Nassau,The Times, Friday, 9 October 1931; pg. 12; Issue 45949; col E New Bishop of Nassau resigning a decade later.Anglican church in the Bahamas In 1942, he became Secretary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel but had to resign after 2 years when 'he had bad heart failure following an operation'Lambeth Palace Library, W Temple Papers, 41, 1944 He died on 1 November 1952.Obituary The Rt. Rev. J. Dauglish The Times Monday, 3 November 1952; pg. 8; Issue 52459; col E
He was the only permanent RN Chaplain who served in the Great War to become a Diocesan bishop.
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