Robert Hamilton Moberly (14 May 1884 – 16 September 1978)[1] was the 7th Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1936[2] until 1952 when he was appointed Dean of Salisbury.[3]
He was born into an eminent ecclesiastical family in 1884[N 1] and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Dover. During the Great War, he served from June, 1917, as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, and was regarded as ‘A1’.[4] Inner city posts followed[N 2] before promotion to the Suffragan Bishopric of Stepney, a post he held until transferring to the Deanery at Salisbury sixteen years later. He was described as a brilliant scholar in his youth.[1]
In 1917, he married Rosamund Vere née Smyth; the couple had two sons. He died on 16 September 1978.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ His grandfather was Bishop George Moberly and his father the Rev Canon Professor Robert Campbell Moberly. "Who was Who 1897–1990" London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ He was a protégé of Luke Paget
References
edit- ^ a b c "Former Bishop of Stepney and Dean of Salisbury". The Times Tuesday, 19 September 1978; p. 32; Issue 60410; col B
- ^ Ecclesiastical News New Bishop of Stepney (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Wednesday, Nov 04, 1936; pg. 9; Issue 47523; col E
- ^ New Dean of Salisbury The Times, Monday, Mar 24, 1952; pg. 4; Issue 52268; col F
- ^ Index Card Museum of Army Chaplaincy
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