Robert Davies (priest) explained

Robert Roland Davies (b Canterbury 15 September 1805- d Hobart 13 November 1880) was an Anglican priest in Australia.^[1]

Davies was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[2] He was ordained in 1828. His first post was a curacy at Kilbrin. In 1830 he arrived in Tasmania. In 1850 he came the Archdeacon of Launceston, Tasmania and in 1854 Archdeacon of Hobart.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davies-robert-rowland-1962 Australian Dictionary of Biography
2. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p213: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
3. Encyclopedia: [{{GBurl|BzkFAAAAYAAJ|page=782}} Diocese of Tasmania ]. Crockfords' Clerical Directory . 1865 . London . Horace Cox . 782.
4. Book: Morley, Henry . Henry Morley . 1877 . Illustrations of English Religion . London . Cassell & Company . 28 September 2017 . 296.