Robert Tinsley Holtby FSA was an Anglican priest [ 1] and author.[ 2] in the second half of the 20th century.
Born in Thornton-le-Dale [ 3] on 25 February 1921[ 4] and educated at Scarborough College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford , he was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1947.[ 5] In that year he married Mary, the elder daughter of Eric Graham, the Bishop of Brechin :[ 6] they had three children. He was Curate of Pocklington until 1948 when he became a Chaplain to the Forces . Following this he was Chaplain and an Assistant Master at Malvern College [ 3] then St Edward's School, Oxford . From 1959 to 1967 he was a Canon Residentiary at Carlisle Cathedral and a Director of Education, Diocese of Carlisle. For the next decade he was General Secretary of the National Society for Promoting Religious Education . During the same period, he was a member of the Schools Committee, Church of England Board of Education , serving as Secretary (1967–74) and then General Secretary (1974–77). He was Dean of Chichester [ 7] from 1977 until his retirement in 1989. He died on 13 March 2003.[ 8]
References
^ National Archives
^ Amongst other papers he wrote “Daniel Waterland, A Study in 18th Century Orthodoxy”, 1966; “Carlisle Cathedral Library and Records Office”, 1966; “Eric Graham, 1888–1964”, 1967; “Carlisle Cathedral”, 1969; “Chichester Cathedral”, 1980; “Robert Wright Stopford”, 1988; “Bishop William Otter”, 1989; “Eric Milner-White”, 1991; and “The Minster School, York”, 1994 > British Library web site accessed 5 December 2009
^ a b Obituary of the Very Rev Robert Tinsley Holtby. The Independent. 9 April 2003.
^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black , 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ The Times , Monday, 24 November 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50926; col B Marriages
^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
^ "The Very Rev Robert Holtby" . The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 5 July 2018.
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