Robert Martineau
British Anglican bishop
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Robert Arnold Schürhoff Martineau (22 August 1913 – 28 June 1999) was a British bishop who was the first Bishop of Huntingdon and who was later translated to Blackburn.
Born in Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School[1] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a curate at Melksham[2] after which he was a World War II chaplain in the RAFVR.
When peace returned he became Vicar of Ovenden, Halifax, and then Allerton, Merseyside,[3] before his ordination to the episcopate.[4]
He died in Denbigh, Clwyd.
References
- ^ Who Was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Independent Obituary
- ^ Crockfords,(London, Church House 1975) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ Bishop of Huntingdon, The Times, 18 October 1965; p. 12; Issue 56451; col G
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