Albert Robinson (priest)
Albert Gossage Robinson (12 November 1863 - 13 September 1948) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Surrey from 1908 to 1922.
Life and career[edit]
Albert Robinson was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, in 1863 and was educated at Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire. He obtained a B.A. in mathematics at Cambridge University and was a scholar at Christ's College.[1][2] He was ordained deacon in December 1887[3] and became a priest in June 1889.[2] He served his first curacy at St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington, County Durham.[3] He served further curacies at Rownhams, Hampshire (1889-90) and Meole Brace, Shropshire (1890-95).[4]
He was appointed rector of Toft-with-Calcot, Cambridgeshire in 1895[5] and served as rector of Busbridge, Surrey from 1898[6] to 1905.[7] He served as vicar of Ryde, Isle of Wight, from 1905[8] to 1908.[9]
Robinson was Archdeacon of Surrey from 1908 to 1922 and Canon of Winchester Cathedral from 1908 to 1933.[7] He was Lady Margaret's Preacher at the University of Cambridge in October 1918.[10] He was elected a Proctor in Convocation for the Diocese of Winchester in 1924,[11] served as Pro-prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation[12] and was a Cathedral Commissioner.[13] Robinson died in Salisbury on 13 September 1948.[7]
Family[edit]
Albert Gossage Robinson was born to Joseph Henry Robinson, a Northamptonshire ironmaster, and Mary Ann (née Gossage) on 12 November 1863 in Wellingborough.[14]
In November 1896, Albert Robinson married Edith Sidebotham (d. 1941), the daughter of the vicar of St Thomas-on-the-Bourne, Farnham, Surrey. The couple had met in 1889, while he was curate at Rownhams. Their children, three sons and a daughter, included the economist, Austin Robinson, and the Anglican bishop, Christopher Robinson.[1][14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Harcourt, G.C. (2001). "Edward Austin Gossage Robinson, 1897–1993". 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 131–156. doi:10.1057/9780230523319_8. ISBN 978-1-40-398760-0.
- ^ a b "Ordination service at West Hartlepool". The North-Eastern Daily Gazette. 17 June 1889. p. 3.
- ^ a b "Ordinations". The Times. No. 32260. London. 20 December 1887. p. 13.
- ^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Guardian. No. 15256. 4 July 1895. p. 10.
- ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". Hampshire Advertiser. Vol. LXXI, no. 5120. 6 July 1895. p. 2.
- ^ "Godalming". Surrey Times and County Express. No. 2450. 14 May 1898. p. 8.
- ^ a b c "Society and personal". Surrey Advertiser and County Times. No. 10776. 18 September 1948. p. 4.
- ^ "Rev. A. G. Robinson's farewell". Surrey Times and County Express. No. 3205. 2 September 1905. p. 3.
- ^ "County jottings". Surrey Mirror and County Post. No. 1594. 21 August 1908. p. 5.
- ^ "University intelligence". Cambridge Evening News. Vol. XXVII, no. 9405. 3 October 1918. p. 4.
- ^ "Proctors in Convocation". Surrey Advertiser and County Times. Vol. C, no. 8508. 2 February 1924. p. 6.
- ^ "Convocation honours Bishop Hamilton Baynes". Birmingham Post. No. 23260. 19 January 1933. p. 14.
- ^ "Future of the cathedrals". Gloucester Journal. Vol. CCIX, no. 10872. 7 February 1931. p. 18.
- ^ a b Cairncross, Alec (1993). Austin Robinson: The Life of an Economic Adviser. Basingstoke: Macmillan. pp. 4–6. ISBN 978-1-34-922897-3.
External links[edit]
- "Robinson, Rev. Canon Albert Gossage". Who's Who. A & C Black. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U231117. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)