Basil Roberts

Basil Coleby Roberts , DD,^[1] MA (23 September 1887- 3 February 1957)^[2] was an Anglican bishop^[3] in the first half of the 20th century.^[4]

Born into a clerical family,^[5] he was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1912,^[6] his first post was as a Curate at St Jude’s, Salterhebble.^[7] He was a Lecturer at St Augustine’s College, Canterbury from 1913 to 1922.^[8] He was Chaplain of Selangor^[9] from 1922 to 1927^[10] when he became Bishop of Singapore,^[11] a post he held until 1940. The following year he became Warden of St Augustine’s^[12] and an Assistant Bishop of Canterbury.

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Charles James Ferguson-Davie	Bishop of Singapore 1927 – 1940	Succeeded by John Leonard Wilson

v t e Bishops of Singapore Walter Chambers, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore George Hose, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore Charles Ferguson-Davie Basil Roberts Leonard Wilson Henry Baines Kenneth Sansbury Chiu Ban It Moses Tay John Chew Rennis Ponniah

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Name	Roberts, Basil Coleby
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Singapore
Date of birth	1887
Place of birth
Date of death	1957
Place of death