Robert Moberly (bishop)
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Robert Hamilton Moberly was the 7th Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1936[1] until 1952 when he was appointed Dean of Salisbury.[2]
He was born into an eminent ecclesiastical family in 1884[N 1] and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at Dover. Inner city posts followed[N 2] before promotion to the Suffragan Bishopic of Stepney, a post he held until transferring to the Deanery at Salisbury sixteen years later. A brilliant scholar[3] he died in 1978.
Notes
- ^ His grandfather was Bishop George Moberly and his father the Rev Canon Professor Robert Campbell Moberly > “Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ He was a protegé of Luke Paget
References
- ^ Ecclesiastical News New Bishop of Stepney (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Wednesday, Nov 04, 1936; pg. 9; Issue 47523; col E
- ^ New Dean of Salisbury The Times, Monday, Mar 24, 1952; pg. 4; Issue 52268; col F
- ^ Former Bishop of Stepney and Dean of Salisbury The Times Tuesday, Sep 19, 1978; pg. 32; Issue 60410; col B
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