Archibald Robertson (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Archibald Robertson
Bishop of Exeter
DioceseExeter
In office1903–1916
PredecessorHerbert Edward Ryle
SuccessorWilliam Cecil
Other post(s)Principal of King's College London (1897–1903)
Vice-Chancellor of the University of London (1902–1903)
Orders
Ordination1878 (deacon); 1882 (priest)
by John Mackarness
Consecration1903
by Randall Davidson
Personal details
Born(1853-06-29)29 June 1853
Sywell, England
Died29 January 1931(1931-01-29) (aged 77)
Oxford, England
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
Parents
  • George Robertson
  • Helen Kerr
Spouse
Julia Mann
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(m. 1885)​
Children3 sons, incl. Archibald
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
1912 Coat of arms of Bishop Archibald Robertson on Exeter City Wall. Arms: Gules, a sword erect in pale argent hilted or surmounted by two keys addorsed in saltire of the last (See of Exeter) impaling: Gules, on a chevron between three wolf's heads erased argent langued azure three mullets of the field (Robertson)[1]
Memorial in Exeter Cathedral

Archibald Robertson (29 June 1853 – 29 January 1931)[2] was the seventh Principal of King's College London who later served as Bishop of Exeter.[3]

  1. ^ Exeter Memories [1]; Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour, Volume 2, p. 154 [2]
  2. ^ "Robertson, Archibald". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 March 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1284.