Robert Long (priest) explained

Robert Long (1803–1907) was a British Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Auckland^[1] from 1881 until^[2] his death.^[3]

Long was born in Norfolk, educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge^[4] and ordained in 1856.^[5] 1856; After a curacy at St George, Bloomsbury he held incumbencies in Chelsea, Erith, Bishop Auckland and Bishop Wearmouth.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ark/32150_s1d217qp49x.xml University of Durham archive
2. Present at the enthronement of the First Bishop Of Newcastle > The Times (London, England), Friday, 4 August 1882; pg. 10; Issue 30577
3. Obituary.The Ven Robert Long > The Times (London, England), Monday, 25 November 1907; pg. 8; Issue 38499
4. A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 Vol. iv. Kahlenberg – Oyler, 1947.
5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
6. ‘LONG, Ven. Robert’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 1 June 2017