Robert Crowther Abbott (1869–1927) was the inaugural Bishop of Sherborne.[1]
| Robert Abbott | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | CBE |
| Bishop of Sherborne | |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Sherborne |
| Term: | 1925–1927 |
| Predecessor: | Inaugural Appointment |
| Successor: | Gerald Burton Allen |
| Other Post: | Principle of Salisbury Theological College |
| Birth Date: | 1869 |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Alma Mater: | Marlborough College, Trinity College |
Robert Crowther Abbott was born into a clerical family: his father was the Rev. A. R. Abbott, sometime Vicar of Gorleston.[2] He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] After 15 years as an assistant master (and latterly chaplain[4]) at his old school he was appointed principal of Salisbury Theological College in 1907. After incumbencies at Great St Mary's with St Michael's, Cambridge,[5] Holy Trinity, Weymouth, Dorset[6] and St Mary the Virgin, Gillingham, Dorset[7] he was elevated to the episcopate in 1925, but ill health forced his resignation only two years later.[8]