After attend­ing Pem­broke Coll­ege and Rid­ley Hall, Cam­bridge, Dud­ley-Smith was or­dained a dea­con in 1950, and priest in 1951. He served as Cur­ate of St. Paul’s, Ro­ches­ter (1950-3); head of the Cam­bridge Un­i­ver­si­ty Miss­ion in Ber­mond­sey (1953-5); hon­or­a­ry chap­lain to the Bi­shop of Ro­ches­ter (1953-60); ed­it­or­i­al sec­re­ta­ry of the Evan­gel­i­cal All­i­ance and ed­it­or of Cru­sade (1953-60); sec­re­ta­ry of the Church Pas­tor-Aid So­ci­e­ty (1959-73); arch­dea­con of Nor­wich (1973-81); and Bi­shop of Thet­ford, Nor­folk (1982-92). Af­ter re­tir­ing in 1992, he set­tled in Ford, Sal­is­bu­ry, Wilt­shire. His works in­clude:

• A Col­lect­ion of Hymns, 1961-1981
• Lift Ev­ery Heart, 1983
• A Flame of Love, 1987
• Songs of De­liv­er­ance, 1988
• Praying with the Eng­lish Hymn Writ­ers, 1989
• A Voice of Sing­ing, 1993

• Young, p. 743

1. Behold a Brok­en World, We Pray
2. Christ Be My Lead­er
3. Exult, O Morn­ing Stars Aflame © 1997
4. Holy Child
5. I Lift My Eyes to the Qui­et Hills
6. Not for Tongues of Hea­ven’s An­gels
7. Purple Robe, A
8. Secret Birth
9. Sing a New Song to the Lord © 1973
10. Tell Out, My Soul
11. We Be­lieve in God the Fa­ther
12. When John Bap­tized by Jor­dan’s Ri­ver