Reginald Crabbe Explained

Reginald Crabbe
Birth Date:15 July 1883
Birth Place:Barton Regis, England
Death Date:22 October 1964 (aged 81)
Death Place:Bexhill-on-Sea, England
Sport:Athletics
Event:middle-distance
Club:University of Cambridge
London Athletic Club

The Rt Rev Reginald Percy Crabbe (15 July 1883 – 22 October 1964)[1] was an Anglican bishop in the mid-20th century.[2]

Biography

Crabbe was born into an ecclesiastical family on 15 July 1883,[3] educated at Trent College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in 1907.[4]

At Cambridge he excelled in athletics and was part of the London Athletic Club, in addition to the Cambridge Athletic Club. He finished second behind Bernard Blunden at the 1905 AAA Championships.[5] [6]

He represented Great Britain at the 1906 Olympic Games in the 800m and 1500m.[7]

After a curacy at St George's, Newcastle-under-Lyme he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Sierra Leone. He then held Incumbencies at St Mary's Peckham,[8] and St Mary's, Sheffield. From 1924 to 1936 he was Rural Dean of Greenwich then Dulwich. In 1936 he became Bishop of Mombasa. He returned to England in 1953[9] and was an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Portsmouth until 1958. He died on 22 October 1964.[10]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp78135 NPG details
  2. http://www.life.com/image/50529666 Photo of Bishop Crabbe
  3. His father was the Rev. Henry Brooksby Crabbe "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 .
  4. "The Clergy List London, Kelly’s, 1913
  5. News: Amateur Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 3 July 1905 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
  6. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 19 August 2024.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/reginald-crabbe-1.html Sports Reference
  8. http://www.stmaryspeckham.co.uk/ Church web site
  9. [The Times]
  10. Rt. Rev. R. P. Crabbe The Church In East Africa The Times Saturday, Oct 24, 1964; pg. 10; Issue 56151; col E