Robert Holtby Explained

Robert Tinsley Holtby FSA was an Anglican priest^[1] and author.^[2] in the second half of the 20th century.

Born in Thornton-le-Dale^[3] on 25 February 1921^[4] and educated at Scarborough College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1947.^[5] In that year he married Mary, the elder daughter of Eric Graham, the Bishop of Brechin:^[6] they had three children. He was Curate of Pocklington until 1948 when he became a Chaplain to the Forces. Following this he was Chaplain and an Assistant Master at Malvern College^[3] then St Edward's School, Oxford. From 1959 to 1967 he was a Canon Residentiary at Carlisle Cathedral and a Director of Education, Diocese of Carlisle. For the next decade he was General Secretary of the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. During the same period, he was a member of the Schools Committee, Church of England Board of Education, serving as Secretary (1967–74) and then General Secretary (1974–77). He was Dean of Chichester^[7] from 1977 until his retirement in 1989. He died on 13 March 2003.^[8]

External links

• Obituary in The Independent, 9 April 2003.
• Obituary in The Daily Telegraph, 19 March 2003.

Notes and References

1. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/2004/04returns/04ac23.htm National Archives
2. Amongst other papers he wrote “Daniel Waterland, A Study in 18th Century Orthodoxy”, 1966; “Carlisle Cathedral Library and Records Office”, 1966; “Eric Graham, 1888–1964”, 1967; “Carlisle Cathedral”, 1969; “Chichester Cathedral”, 1980; “Robert Wright Stopford”, 1988; “Bishop William Otter”, 1989; “Eric Milner-White”, 1991; and “The Minster School, York”, 1994 > British Library web site accessed 5 December 2009
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110114230015/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/the-very-rev-robert-holtby-755434.html Obituary of the Very Rev Robert Tinsley Holtby.
4. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-1990]
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
6. [The Times]
7. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=Code=='DS/UK/5831' National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
8. Web site: The Very Rev Robert Holtby . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705121936/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1424994/The-Very-Rev-Robert-Holtby.html . 2018-07-05 . live .