Cecil Rolt
Cecil Henry Rolt was an Anglican clergyman in the first half of the 20th century.
He was born into an ecclesiastical family[1] in 1865 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Ordained in 1888,[2] he held curacies at St Thomas’s Sunderland, Christ Church West Hartlepool, St Hilda’s South Shields and St Cuthbert’s Bensham[3] before becoming Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Darlington.[4] He later held further incumbencies in Batley and Huddersfield before his appointment as Dean of Cape Town.[5] He died on 14 September 1926[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ His father was the Rev. H. G. Rolt Vicar of Harbledown, Canterbury - “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times Thursday, Jun 17, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35232; col D
- ^ Church web-site
- ^ thePeerage.com
- ^ The Times Wednesday, Sep 15, 1926; pg. 14; Issue 44377; col D The Very Rev. Cecil Henry Rolt
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