Robert Martineau Explained

Robert Arnold Schürhoff Martineau (22 August 1913 – 28 June 1999) was a British bishop who was the first Bishop of Huntingdon and who was later translated to Blackburn.

Born in Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School[1] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a curate at Melksham[2] after which he was a World War II chaplain in the RAFVR.

When peace returned he became Vicar of Ovenden, Halifax, and then Allerton, Merseyside,[3] before his ordination to the episcopate.[4]

He died in Denbigh, Clwyd.

Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who|''Who Was Who 1897–2007'']
  2. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-the-right-rev-robert-martineau-1110388.html Independent Obituary
  3. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
  4. Bishop of Huntingdon, The Times, 18 October 1965; p. 12; Issue 56451; col G