Jump to content

Albert Robinson (priest): Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
rm CN tag - if he was an Archdeacon, he was certainly a priest
expand
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Anglican priest}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
'''Albert Gossage Robinson''' (12 November 1863 - 13 September 1948) was an [[Anglican]] [[priest]], most notably [[Archdeacon of Surrey]] from 1908 to 1922.
{{Portal|Christianity}}'''Albert Gossage Robinson'''<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/75b244fb-e80e-4d57-b76f-815239938b17 National Archives]</ref> (born [[Wellingborough]], 12 November 1863; died [[Salisbury]] - 13 September 1948) was an [[Anglican]]<ref name="stanford">{{cite web|url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/auden/cgi-bin/auden/individual.php?pid=I14976&ged=auden-bicknell.ged|title=Explore Kindred Britain|publisher=stanford.edu|accessdate=15 February 2017}}</ref> [[priest]], most notably [[Archdeacon of Surrey]] from 1908 to 1922.<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U231117 "Robinson, Rev. Canon Albert Gossage"], Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014, accessed 13 February 2017</ref>


==Life and career==
Robinson was educated at [[Lord Williams's School|Lord Williams's School, Thame]] and [[Christ's College, Cambridge]]. He was [[ordained]] in 1889.<ref>''Ordinations'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Wednesday, June 19, 1889; p. 6; Issue 32729</ref> After [[Curate|curacies]] in [[Darlington]], [[Rownhams]] and [[Meole Brace]] he held [[Incumbent (ecclesiastical)|incumbencies]] at [[Toft, Cambridgeshire|Toft]], [[Busbridge]]<ref>[https://www.bhcgodalming.org/church-history/previous-rectors/ BHC Godalming]</ref><ref>"The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with his Sister May" Howard, D.F. (Ed) p231 [[Berkeley, California]], [[University of California Press]], 1962</ref> and [[Ryde]].<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1929-30'' p1104 London: Oxford University Press, 1929</ref>
Albert Robinson was born in [[Wellingborough]], Northamptonshire, in 1863 and was educated at [[Lord Williams's School|Lord Williams's School, Thame]], Oxfordshire. He obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in mathematics at [[Cambridge University]] and was a scholar at [[Christ's College, Cambridge|Christ's College]].<ref name=Harcourt_2001>{{cite book |last= Harcourt |first= G.C. |year= 2001 |title= 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays |chapter= Edward Austin Gossage Robinson, 1897–1993 |pages= 131-156 |publisher= Palgrave Macmillan |location= London |doi= 10.1057/9780230523319_8 |isbn= 978-1-40-398760-0 }}</ref><ref name=NEDG_1889>{{cite news |title= Ordination service at West Hartlepool |date= 17 June 1889 |work= The North-Eastern Daily Gazette |page= 3 }}</ref> He was [[ordination|ordained]] deacon in December 1887<ref name=Times_1887>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Ordinations |date= 20 December 1887 |issue= 32260 |page= 13 }}</ref> and became a priest in June 1889.<ref name=NEDG_1889/> He served his first curacy at [[St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington]], County Durham.<ref name=Times_1887/> He served further curacies at [[Rownhams]], Hampshire (1889-90) and [[Meole Brace]], Shropshire (1890-95).<ref>{{cite news |title= Ecclesiastical intelligence |date= 4 July 1895 |work= The Guardian |issue= 15256 |page= 10 }}</ref>


He was appointed rector of [[Toft, Cambridgeshire|Toft-with-Calcot]], Cambridgeshire in 1895<ref>{{cite news |title= Ecclesiastical Intelligence |date= 6 July 1895 |work= Hampshire Advertiser |volume= LXXI |issue= 5120 |page= 2 }}</ref> and served as rector of [[Busbridge]], Surrey from 1898<ref>{{cite news |title= Godalming |date= 14 May 1898 |work= Surrey Times and County Express |issue= 2450 |page= 8}}</ref> to 1905.<ref name=SA_1948>{{cite news |title= Society and personal |date= 18 September 1948 |work= Surrey Advertiser and County Times |issue= 10776 |page= 4 }}</ref> He served as vicar of [[Ryde]], Isle of Wight, from 1905<ref>{{cite news |title= Rev. A. G. Robinson's farewell |date= 2 September 1905 |work= Surrey Times and County Express |issue= 3205 |page= 3 }}</ref> to 1908.<ref>{{cite news |title= County jottings |date= 21 August 1908 |work= Surrey Mirror and County Post |issue= 1594 |page= 5 }}</ref>
⚫
==References==

⚫
{{reflist}}
Robinson was [[Archdeacon of Surrey]] from 1908 to 1922 and Canon of [[Winchester Cathedral]] from 1908 to 1933.<ref name=SA_1948/> He was Lady Margaret's Preacher at the University of Cambridge in October 1918.<ref>{{cite news |title= University intelligence |date= 3 October 1918 |work= Cambridge Evening News |volume= XXVII |issue= 9405 |page= 4 }}</ref> He was elected a Proctor in Convocation for the [[Diocese of Winchester]] in 1924,<ref>{{cite news |title= Proctors in Convocation |date= 2 February 1924 |work= Surrey Advertiser and County Times |volume= C |issue= 8508 |page= 6 }}</ref> served as Pro-prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation<ref>{{cite news |title= Convocation honours Bishop Hamilton Baynes |date= 19 January 1933 |work= Birmingham Post |issue= 23260 |page= 14 }}</ref> and was a Cathedral Commissioner.<ref>{{cite news |title= Future of the cathedrals |date= 7 February 1931 |work= Gloucester Journal |volume= CCIX |issue= 10872 |page= 18 }}</ref> Robinson died in [[Salisbury]] on 13 September 1948.<ref name=SA_1948/>

==Family==
Albert Gossage Robinson was born to Joseph Henry Robinson, a Northamptonshire ironmaster, and Mary Ann (née Gossage) on 12 November 1863 in Wellingborough.<ref name=Cairncross_1993>{{cite book |last= Cairncross |first= Alec |year= 1993 |title= Austin Robinson: The Life of an Economic Adviser |publisher= Macmillan |location= Basingstoke |isbn= 978-1-34-922897-3 |pages= 4-6 }}</ref>

In November 1896, Albert Robinson married Edith Sidebotham (d. 1941), the daughter of the vicar of St Thomas-on-the-Bourne, [[Farnham]], Surrey. The couple had met in 1889, while he was curate at Rownhams. Their children, three sons and a daughter, included the economist, [[Austin Robinson]], and the Anglican bishop, [[Christopher Robinson (bishop)|Christopher Robinson]].<ref name=Harcourt_2001/><ref name=Cairncross_1993/>


{{S-start}}
{{S-start}}
Line 13: Line 21:
{{S-aft|after=[[Lionel Edward Blackburne]] }}
{{S-aft|after=[[Lionel Edward Blackburne]] }}
{{s-end}}
{{s-end}}

⚫
==References==
{{Portal|Christianity}}
⚫
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Who's Who |title= Robinson, Rev. Canon Albert Gossage |date= 1 December 2007 |doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U231117 }}


{{authority control}}
{{authority control}}
Line 23: Line 38:
[[Category:Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Archdeacons of Surrey]]
[[Category:Archdeacons of Surrey]]


{{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub}}

Revision as of 21:24, 28 December 2023

Albert Gossage Robinson (12 November 1863 - 13 September 1948) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Surrey from 1908 to 1922.

Life and career

Albert Robinson was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, in 1863 and was educated at Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire. He obtained a B.A. in mathematics at Cambridge University and was a scholar at Christ's College.[1][2] He was ordained deacon in December 1887[3] and became a priest in June 1889.[2] He served his first curacy at St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington, County Durham.[3] He served further curacies at Rownhams, Hampshire (1889-90) and Meole Brace, Shropshire (1890-95).[4]

He was appointed rector of Toft-with-Calcot, Cambridgeshire in 1895[5] and served as rector of Busbridge, Surrey from 1898[6] to 1905.[7] He served as vicar of Ryde, Isle of Wight, from 1905[8] to 1908.[9]

Robinson was Archdeacon of Surrey from 1908 to 1922 and Canon of Winchester Cathedral from 1908 to 1933.[7] He was Lady Margaret's Preacher at the University of Cambridge in October 1918.[10] He was elected a Proctor in Convocation for the Diocese of Winchester in 1924,[11] served as Pro-prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation[12] and was a Cathedral Commissioner.[13] Robinson died in Salisbury on 13 September 1948.[7]

Family

Albert Gossage Robinson was born to Joseph Henry Robinson, a Northamptonshire ironmaster, and Mary Ann (née Gossage) on 12 November 1863 in Wellingborough.[14]

In November 1896, Albert Robinson married Edith Sidebotham (d. 1941), the daughter of the vicar of St Thomas-on-the-Bourne, Farnham, Surrey. The couple had met in 1889, while he was curate at Rownhams. Their children, three sons and a daughter, included the economist, Austin Robinson, and the Anglican bishop, Christopher Robinson.[1][14]

Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Surrey
1908–1922 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ a b Harcourt, G.C. (2001). "Edward Austin Gossage Robinson, 1897–1993". 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 131–156. doi:10.1057/9780230523319_8. ISBN 978-1-40-398760-0.
  2. ^ a b "Ordination service at West Hartlepool". The North-Eastern Daily Gazette. 17 June 1889. p. 3.
  3. ^ a b "Ordinations". The Times. No. 32260. London. 20 December 1887. p. 13.
  4. ^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Guardian. No. 15256. 4 July 1895. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". Hampshire Advertiser. Vol. LXXI, no. 5120. 6 July 1895. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Godalming". Surrey Times and County Express. No. 2450. 14 May 1898. p. 8.
  7. ^ a b c "Society and personal". Surrey Advertiser and County Times. No. 10776. 18 September 1948. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Rev. A. G. Robinson's farewell". Surrey Times and County Express. No. 3205. 2 September 1905. p. 3.
  9. ^ "County jottings". Surrey Mirror and County Post. No. 1594. 21 August 1908. p. 5.
  10. ^ "University intelligence". Cambridge Evening News. Vol. XXVII, no. 9405. 3 October 1918. p. 4.
  11. ^ "Proctors in Convocation". Surrey Advertiser and County Times. Vol. C, no. 8508. 2 February 1924. p. 6.
  12. ^ "Convocation honours Bishop Hamilton Baynes". Birmingham Post. No. 23260. 19 January 1933. p. 14.
  13. ^ "Future of the cathedrals". Gloucester Journal. Vol. CCIX, no. 10872. 7 February 1931. p. 18.
  14. ^ a b Cairncross, Alec (1993). Austin Robinson: The Life of an Economic Adviser. Basingstoke: Macmillan. pp. 4–6. ISBN 978-1-34-922897-3.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Robinson_(priest)&oldid=1192341554"