Robert Crowther Abbott

Robert Crowther Abbott (1869 - 1927) was the inaugural Bishop of Sherborne ["Ecclesiastical News. First Suffragan Bishop Of Sherborne. (Official Appointments and Notices) " The Times Saturday, Feb 28, 1925; pg. 15; Issue 43898; col D ] . Born into a clerical family [His father was the "Rev. A. R. Abbott", sometime Vicar of Gorleston - ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] , he was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge ["University Intelligence. Cambridge, April 5. (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Saturday, Apr 06, 1889; pg. 13; Issue 32666; col C] . After 15 years as an assistant master (and latterly Chaplain [He was ordained in 1904 Who was Who (ibid)] ) at his old school he was appointed Principal of "Salisbury Theological College" in 1907. After incumbencies at "Great St Mary's with St Michael's, Cambridge" [ [http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk/ Church web-site (1] ] , "Holy Trinity, Weymouth" [ [http://www.holytrinityweymouth.org/ Church web-site (2)] ] and "St Mary the Virgin's Church, Gillingham, Dorset " he was elevated to the Episcopate in 1925, but unfortunately ill health forced his resignation only two years later [ The Times, Saturday, Nov 26, 1927; pg. 10; Issue 44749; col E "Bishop R. C. Abbott Obituary"]

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