Robert Abbott (bishop)

{{Short description|British bishop}}

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Robert Crowther Abbott (1869–1927) was the inaugural Bishop of Sherborne.Ecclesiastical News. First Suffragan Bishop Of Sherborne. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Saturday, Feb 28, 1925; pg. 15; Issue 43898; col D

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| name = Robert Abbott

| honorific-suffix = CBE

| title = Bishop of Sherborne

| diocese = Diocese of Sherborne

| term = 1925–1927

| predecessor = Inaugural Appointment

| successor = Gerald Burton Allen

| other_post = Principle of Salisbury Theological College

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| birth_date = 1869

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| religion = Anglican

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| alma_mater = Marlborough College, Trinity College

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Robert Crowther Abbott was born into a clerical family: his father was the Rev. A. R. Abbott, sometime Vicar of Gorleston.”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge.{{acad|id=ABT888RC|name=Abbott, Robert Crowther}}'University Intelligence. Cambridge, April 5. (Official Appointments and Notices)', The Times, Saturday, Apr 06, 1889; pg. 13; Issue 32666; col C After 15 years as an assistant master (and latterly chaplainHe was ordained in 1904 Who was Who (ibid)) at his old school he was appointed principal of Salisbury Theological College in 1907. After incumbencies at Great St Mary's with St Michael's, Cambridge,[http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk/ Church web-site (1] Holy Trinity, Weymouth, Dorset[http://www.holytrinityweymouth.org/ Church web-site (2)] and St Mary the Virgin, Gillingham, Dorset[http://www.gillinghamanglican.org.uk/ Church web-site (3)] he was elevated to the episcopate in 1925, but ill health forced his resignation only two years later.The Times, Saturday, Nov 26, 1927; pg. 10; Issue 44749; col E Bishop R. C. Abbott Obituary