Albert Robinson (priest)

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

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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

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Ordination service at West Hartlepool". The North-Eastern Daily Gazette. 17 June 1889. p. 3.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 Cairncross, Alec (1993). Austin Robinson: The Life of an Economic Adviser. Basingstoke: Macmillan. pp. 4–6. ISBN   978-1-34-922897-3.
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