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. He died in office on 17 November 1939.^[6]

Baines founded Cordwalles Preparatory School in 1912.^{[citation needed]}