Walter Robberds Explained

Type:bishop
Walter Robberds
Bishop of Brechin
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Church:Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese:Brechin
Term:1904–1934
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Predecessor:Hugh Jermyn
Successor:Kenneth Mackenzie
Other Post:Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1908–1934)
Ordination:1888
Ordained By:Charles Ellicott
Consecration:6 January 1904
Consecrated By:James Kelly
Birth Date:6 September 1863
Birth Place:Baharampur, India
Death Place:Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
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Children:4

Walter John Forbes Robberds[1] (1863–1944) was a Scottish Anglican bishop.[2]

Life and ministry

He was born on 6 September 1863 in Baharampur. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, and Keble College, Oxford.[3] He was ordained deacon after studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1887 in Gloucester and priest in 1888 in Bristol.[4] His career began as a curate at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol after which he was Chaplain of his old theological college.[5] He then held incumbencies at St German's, Blackheath[6] St Mary's, Arbroath[7] and St Mary Redcliffe where additionally he was also Rural Dean of Bedminster. In 1904 he was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Brechin[8] Four years later he became Primus of Scotland,[9] a post he held until his retirement in 1934. He died on 16 August 1944.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?LinkID=mp81382&rNo=0&role=sit NPG details
  2. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=182-hussey&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives
  3. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London . The Field Press. 172. 1920 .
  4. The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
  5. [The Times]
  6. http://www.southwark.anglican.org/downloads/lostchurches/BLA02.pdf Diocese of Southwark
  7. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark
  8. .Diocese of Brechin
  9. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]