Cecil Rolt

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Cecil Henry Rolt, MA (Oxon) was an eminent 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

  1. ↑ His father was the Rev. H. G. Rolt Vicar of Harbledown, Canterbury - “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   071363457X
  2. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. ↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times Thursday, Jun 17, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35232; col D
  4. ↑ Church web-site
  5. ↑ thePeerage.com
  6. ↑ The Times Wednesday, Sep 15, 1926; pg. 14; Issue 44377; col D The Very Rev. Cecil Henry Rolt
Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by
Charles Theophilus Headley 		Dean of Cape Town
1917– 1924		Succeeded by
Laurence Parsons

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