Robert Holberton

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(Fraddon) Robert Holberton (1800–1884) was an Anglican priest:[1] most notably Archdeacon of Antigua from 1843[2] to 1850.[3]

Holberton was born at Yealmpton and educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1817, graduating B.A. in 1821, and M.A. 1825.[4] He was Rector of Antigua[5] from 1827 to 1850. He was then the incumbent at Norbiton from 1850 to 1875. He died on 14 June 1884.

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  1. ^ National Archives
  2. ^ SPCK The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, April 21, 1843; pg. 4; Issue 22545
  3. ^ "Ecclesiastical appointments" Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England), Saturday, November 16, 1850; Issue 2667
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Holberton, Robert" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Library of Congress