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
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
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
- ^ 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
- "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.)