Archibald Robertson (bishop)

Archibald Robertson
Memorial in Exeter Cathedral

The Right Reverend Archibald Robertson (29 June 1853 29 January 1931) was the seventh Principal of King's College London who later served as Bishop of Exeter.

He was born in Sywell, the eldest son of George Samuel Robertson (1825-1874) and his wife, Helen née Kerr, and grandson of Archibald Robertson (physician), of Northampton.[1] He was educated at Bradfield College and Trinity College, Oxford where he graduated with a first class degree in Classics. From 1883 to 1897 he was Master of Hatfield Hall in Durham.[2] He went on to serve as Principal of King's College London from 1897 to 1903, during which he was elected to serve as Vice-Chancellor of the University of London for the year 1902-03.[3] He received an honorary doctorate (LL.D) from the University of Glasgow in June 1901.[4]

He was elected Bishop of Exeter in 1903, serving until 1916.

Robertson married in 1885, shortly after his arrival in Durham. His wife was Julia Mann. They had three sons.[5] The eldest of these, of the same name, was the communist and atheist Archibald Robertson (atheist) (1886-1961).[6]

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References

  1. Oxford Index, from Oxford DNB: Robertson, Archibald
  2. Oxford Index, from Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church: Archibald Robertson
  3. "University intelligence". The Times (36804). London. 26 June 1902. p. 6.
  4. "Glasgow University jubilee". The Times (36481). London. 14 June 1901. p. 10.
  5. Hatfield College History: Principals & Masters
  6. I. D. MacKillop The British Ethical Societies 2011- Page 70 "Archibald Robertson (1886-1961) had joined the Communist Party in 1937, having published as 'Robert Arch' for some years, first to escape the attention of his father (Bishop of Exeter, died in 1930), and then that of the Admiralty in .."

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Henry Wace
Principal of King's College London
18971903
Succeeded by
Arthur Headlam
Preceded by
Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe
Vice-Chancellor of University of London
1902 - 1903
Succeeded by
Dr Philip Henry Pye-Smith
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Herbert Edward Ryle
Bishop of Exeter
19031916
Succeeded by
Lord William Cecil
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