| Intro | Bishop of Mashonaland, and of Southern Rhodesia; British Anglican colonial bishop |
| A.K.A. | Frederick Hicks Beaven |
| Was | Priest |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Religion |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 11 April 1855 |
| Death |
22 January 1941 (aged 85 years) |
Frederic Hicks Beaven (11 April 1855 – 22 January 1941) was bishop of Mashonaland from 1911, through 1915 when his title was changed to bishop of Southern Rhodesia, until his retirement in 1925. He was born in Calne and educated at Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne Minster and University College, Durham. He was ordained in 1879 after studying at St Bees Theological College. His first post was a curacy at St Martin’s Church, Brighton. He then held incumbencies at All Saints’, Newborough, Staffordshire (1881–85), St Chad’s Church, Stafford (1885–87) and St Paul’s, Burton upon Trent (1887–1901). In the Second Boer War, he was an acting chaplain to the 2nd Battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment, and from 1903 he was archdeacon of Matabeleland. In 1908 he became the dean of Salisbury (now Harare), his last appointment before elevation to the episcopate in 1911. He was responsible for the start of construction of the Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints in Salisbury and the choir and sanctuary were completed in 1914. In the First World War, he was chaplain general of the Rhodesian Forces. During his episcopate, in 1919, the first indigenous person in Zimbabwe, Samuel Mhlanga was ordained to the deaconate. He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD). Retiring from his bishopric, he served as rector of Thelnetham, Suffolk, 1925-26.