Robert Breton

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The Ven. Robert Breton, MA was an eighteenth-century Anglican priest.^[1]

He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford.^[2] He was Archdeacon of Shropshire from 1738 to 1741; and Archdeacon of Hereford from 1741^[3] until 1769.

Notes

↑ The "History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, Volume 3" Hutchinson,W: Durham, G.WAlker, 1823
↑ British History On-line
↑ "Fasti herefordenses, and other antiquarian memorials of Hereford" Havergal,F.T: Edinburgh, R.Clark, 1869

Church of England titles
Preceded by Samuel Croxall	Archdeacon of Shropshire 1738–1741	Succeeded by Egerton Leigh
Preceded by John Walker	Archdeacon of Hereford 1741–1769	Succeeded by John Harley

v t e Archdeacons of Shropshire and of Ludlow
High Medieval (Shropshire)	William Peter le Kauf Odo Gilbert Foliot Hugh Foliot Nicholas de Aquila Simon de Edenbridge Peter d'Aigueblanche John Foliot James d'Aigueblanche Hervey de Boreham Richard de Swinfield James d'Aigueblanche (2nd term) Adam de Fileby John de Bestan John de Swinfield Roger de Canterbury Philip Talbot
Late Medieval (Shropshire)	John de Rosse William le Mercer de Rosse Richard de Sydenhale Henry de Shipton William de Borstall Richard Nowell John Hoare John Welles John Hereford John Loveney John Merbury William Leche Thomas Yone Robert Jeffry Thomas Morton John Martyn William Webbe Arthur Stafford John Wardroper William Gobard Henry Martyn Humphrey Ogle Richard Sparcheford
Early modern (Shropshire)	Richard Smythe Robert Grensill Robert Greenwiche Morgan Godwin Thomas Cooke Stephen Philips Francis Wheeler Adam Ottley Robert Comyn Richard Crosse Samuel Croxall Robert Breton Egerton Leigh John Harley Robert Clive Joseph Plymley (Corbett) William Vickers William Waring (became Archdeacon of Ludlow)
Archdeacons of Ludlow	William Waring (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire) George Maddison Henry Bather Algernon Oldham Alfred Lilley Edwin Bartleet Henry Dixon Herbert Whately Hugh Bevan John Lewis Andrew Woodhouse Mark Wood (Bishop of Ludlow) Ian Griggs Richard Lewis John Saxbee (Bishop of Ludlow) Michael Hooper (Bishop of Ludlow) Alistair Magowan (Bishop of Ludlow) Fiona Gibson

v t e Archdeacons of Hereford
High Medieval	Heinfrid (territory unspecified) Geoffrey (territory unspecified) Peter Ralph Foliot William fitzWalter Alexander de Walton William de Ria Henry Bustard William of Conflans Roger of Sevenoaks Richard of Hertford
Late Medieval	Henry de Shorne Thomas de Chaundos (Sr) John de Barton William de Sheynton John de Bedwardine/Smythes Richard Tissington Richard Kingston John Loveney John Hereford John Barowe Richard Rudhale/Rudhall Richard Martyn Robert Geffrye/Jeffry Thomas Morton William Webb/Webbe John Boothe
Early modern	John Styrmin Richard Cheyney John Glazier Robert Crowley Edward Cowper Simon Smith Silvanus Griffiths Richard Montagu John Hughes Matthew Burst George Benson Samuel Benson William Johnson Brian Turner Thomas Fox John Walker Robert Breton John Harley James Jones John Lilly Henry Wetherell Richard Lane Freer
Late modern	Frederick Fiennes Berkeley Scudamore-Stanhope Edward Winnington-Ingram Rowland Money-Kyrle Geoffrey Iliff Arthur Winnington-Ingram Thomas Randolph John Lewis Thomas Barfett Andrew Woodhouse Leonard Moss Michael Hooper John Tiller Malcolm Colmer Paddy Benson Derek Chedzey

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