Born: March 10, 1831, Well­ing­ton, Som­er­set, Eng­land.

Died: March 27, 1895, Ox­ford, Eng­land. Note: ’s first edi­tion gave the date as March 12; his se­cond edi­tion cor­rect­ed the date.

Baynes was ed­u­cat­ed at St. Ed­mund Hall, Ox­ford (BA 1856, MA 1859). Or­dained in 1855, he held suc­cess­ive­ly the cur­a­cy of Christ Church, Black­friars; the per­pe­tu­al cur­a­cy of St. Paul’s, White­cha­pel; of Ho­ly Trin­i­ty, Maid­stone; and of St. Mi­chael’s, Cov­en­try. In 1870 he was bi­shop des­ig­nate of Ma­da­gas­car, but re­signed in 1871. In 1873 he was ap­point­ed Ca­non of Wor­ces­ter Ca­thed­ral, and in 1880 Vi­car of Ho­ly Trin­i­ty, Folke­stone. His works in­clude:

• Lyra Ang­li­ca­na, 1862 (ed­it­or)
• English Lyrics, 1865 (ed­it­or)
• The Canterbury Hymn­al, 1864, and the Sup­ple­ment­al Hymn­al, 1869 (Lon­don: Houls­ton & Wright) (ed­it­or)
• The Il­lus­trat­ed Book of Sac­red Po­ems (Lon­don: Cas­sell & Co. (ed­it­or)
• Autumn Mem­o­ries and Other Vers­es (Lon­don: Houls­ton & Wright, 1869)
• Home Songs for Quiet Hours, 1878
• Hymns for Home Miss­ion Services in the Church of Eng­land, 1879
• At the Communion Time

Sources

Hymns

1. Ho­ly Spirit, Lord of Glory
2. Jesus, to Thy Table Led