Robert Holtby

Robert Tinsley Holtby FSA was an ^[1] Anglican priest^[2] and author^[3] in the second half of the 20th century.

Born in Thornton-le-Dale^[4] on 25 February 1921^[5] and educated at Scarborough College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1947.^[6] In that year he married Mary, the elder daughter of Eric Graham, the Bishop of Brechin:^[7] 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^[4] 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^[8] from 1977 until his retirement in 1989. He died on 13 March 2003.^[9]

References

↑ Cudlipp Collection, Cardiff University
↑ National Archives
↑ Amongst others 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
1 2 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
↑ Telegraph Obituary

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Walter Atherton Hussey	Dean of Chichester 1977 – 1989	Succeeded by John David Treadgold

Deans of Chichester
High Medieval	Odo Richard Matthew Richard John de Greneford Jordan de Meleburn Seffride Matthew de Chichester Nicholas de Aquila Seffride Simon de Perigord Walter Thomas de Lichfield Geoffrey Walter de Glocestria Thomas de Berghstede
Late Medieval	William de Grenefeld John de St Leophardo Henry de Garland Walter de Segrave William Lenn Roger de Freton Richard le Scrope William de Lullyngton John de Maydenhith John Haselee Henry Lovel Richard Talbot William Milton John Patten/Waynflete John Crutchere John Waynfleet John Cloos
Early modern	John Prychard Geoffrey Symson John Young William Fleshmonger Richard Caurden Giles Eyre Bartholomew Traheron Thomas Sampson William Pye Hugh Turnbull Richard Curteys Anthony Rushe Martin Culpepper William Thorne Francis Dee Richard Steward George Aglionby Bruno Ryves Joseph Henshaw Joseph Gulston Nathaniel Crew Thomas Lambrook George Stradling Francis Hawkins William Hayley Thomas Sherlock John Newey Thomas Hayley James Hargraves William Ashburnham Thomas Ball Charles Harward
Late modern	Combe Miller Christopher Bethell Samuel Slade George Chandler Walter Hook John Burgon Francis Pigou Richard Randall John Hannah Arthur Duncan Jones Walter Hussey Robert Holtby John Treadgold Nicholas Frayling Stephen Waine

Diocese of Chichester
Chichester Cathedral The Palace, Chichester Diocesan Church House, Hove Area scheme (1984–2013)
Office holders	Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester Mark Sowerby, Bishop suffragan of Horsham Richard Jackson, Bishop suffragan of Lewes AEO: the bishop diocesan Stephen Waine, Dean of Chichester Douglas McKittrick, Archdeacon of Chichester Fiona Windsor, Archdeacon of Horsham Martin Lloyd Williams, Archdeacon of Brighton & Lewes Edward Dowler, Archdeacon of Hastings
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Hastings (1912–1975; merged back into Lewes archdeaconry)

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