Robert Whitcombe
The Rev Robert Henry Whitcombe (18 July 1862–19 March 1922) was an eminent Anglican Bishop.[1] Educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, from 1886 to 1899 he was a schoolmaster at Wellington College and then Eton. After this he was Rector of Hardwick, Buckinghamshire[2] and then Vicar of Romford[3] before a 13-year spell as Bishop of Colchester from 1909.[4] A memorial window and plaque to him is situated on the south wall of St Mary-at-the-Walls, Colchester.[5]
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- ^ "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 [ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 294.
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ New Bishop Suffragan Of Colchester. The Times Monday, 21 December 1908; pg. 11; Issue 38835; col B
- ^ Genealogy web-site
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