Education
Having attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Austin was ordained as a deacon in 1851.
Having attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Austin was ordained as a deacon in 1851.
Born at Llwydcoed, Glamorgan, Austin made one first-class cricket appearance for Cambridge University while undertaking studies there. His only appearance came against the Gentlemen of Kent at the Street Lawrence Ground in 1848, scoring 6 runs in the match. He later moved to the British West Indies, while living there he stood as an umpire in one first-class cricket match in 1897.
After spending time in Germany, he moved to Demerara in British Guiana, during which he was the assistant master of Queen"s College, Georgetown, a college which played an important role in establishing cricket in British Guiana.
He later moved to Barbados, founding the Saint John the Baptist Church in Saint James Parish on the island, of which he was rector from 1860 until 1865. Austin later opposed the plans of Barbados governor John Pope Hennessy for a federation of the Windward Islands, which would result in Barbados" self-government.
He travelled to London to present a petition of opposition to the Colonial Office. He was the rector of Saint Philip from 1875 to 1880, after which he returned to England having left the church "under a cloud".
He spent the following twenty years in England, where he was the rector of All Hallows Lombard Street.
In addition to being a clergyman, Austin was also a barrister.