Robert Milman(25 January 1816 - 15 February 1876) was anAnglicanbishop[1]in the second half of the 19th century.[2]
| Styles of Robert Milman | |
|---|---|
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| Reference style | The Right Reverend |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Bishop |
He was born at Easton in Gordano, Somerset the third son of Sir William George Milman, 2nd Baronet, of Levaton in Devonshire and was educated as a day-scholar atWestminster School.He enteredExeter College, Oxfordwhere he graduatedB.A.in 1838, andM.AandD.D.in 1867.[3]
In 1839 he wasordainedin theAnglican ministryas adeaconto the curacy of Winwick, Northamptonshire, and in 1840 was presented apriestin 1840 to the vicarage of Chaddleworth, Berkshire, by the dean and chapter of Westminster, on the nomination of his uncle, then canon of Westminster.[3]There he had daily service and wrote aLife of Tassoand some smaller books. In 1851 he exchanged Chaddleworth for the larger living of Lambourn, also in Berkshire. He served as thevicarofLambourn,Berkshirefrom 1851 to 1862 and then as vicar ofGreat Marlow,Berkshire from 1862 to 1867.[3]
He was appointed as theBishop of Calcuttain 1867[3]and moved there with his sister in March of that year. He had been ordained and consecrated to theepiscopateatCanterbury Cathedralon theFeast of the Purification(2 February 1867), byCharles Longley,Archbishop of Canterbury.[4]His diocese, which at that date included the Central Provinces, the Punjaub on the west, and British Burma on the east, extended over nearly a million square miles. A fluent linguist, he learnt to speak in Bengali, Hindustani, Hindi, and several related dialects.
His sister Maria and his curate's sisterAngelina Margaret HoarefoundedSt. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School.[5]
He caught a chill when travelling from Calcutta to Peshawur and died atRawul Pindiin February 1876. He had never married.[6]
He was the author of a number of publications:[3]
- Life of Tasso,2 volumes, 1848.
- The Way through the Desert,1850.
- Mediations of Confirmation(aTract), 3 editions.
- Love of the Atonement,2 editions.
References
edit- ^The Times,Saturday, 3 April 1880; pg. 9; Issue 29846; col GThe Late Bishop Milman
- ^Anglican History
- ^abcdeCrockford's Clerical Directory(4th ed.). London: Horace Cox, 10, Wellington-street, Strand, W.C. 1868. p. 785.Retrieved19 March2015.
- ^"Church news: Consecration of three colonial prelates".Church Times.No. 210. 9 February 1867. p. 49.ISSN0009-658X.Retrieved23 December2021– via UK Press Online archives.
- ^Get Bengal website (article on St John’s School)
- ^The Times,Tuesday, 21 March 1876; pg. 10; Issue 28582; col ACourt Circular
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Hunt, William (1894). "Milman, Robert".InLee, Sidney(ed.).Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 4.
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