Robert Trefusis

Robert Edward Trefusis (24 January 1843 – 9 July 1930) was the first suffragan Bishop of Crediton from 1897 to 1930.[1]

Robert Trefusis
Bishop of Crediton
DioceseDiocese of Exeter
In office1897–1930 (d.)
SuccessorWilliam Surtees
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Barnstaple (1909–1930)
Orders
Ordination1866
Consecration1897
by Frederick Temple (Canterbury)
Personal details
Born(1843-01-24)24 January 1843
Bideford, Devon, UK
Died9 July 1930(1930-07-09) (aged 87)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsRobert Trefusis, 17th Baron Clinton (grandfather)
Alma materExeter College, Oxford

Origins

Trefusis was born in Bideford in 1843, the second son of George Trefusis[2] (1793–1849), a younger son of Robert Trefusis, 17th Baron Clinton (1764–1797).[3]

Career

Trefusis was educated at Cheltenham College[4] and Exeter College, Oxford.[5] Ordained in 1866,[6] he began his ordained ministry as a curate in Buckingham. He was then appointed by his cousin Mark Rolle, Lord of the Manor and patron of the living, as Vicar of Chittlehampton.[7] The parish church of Chittlehampton was dedicated to the little-known St Urith, believed to have been a local Saxon maiden born and martyred within the parish, and Trefusis named one of his daughters Hyeritha Trefusis in her honour. She became known to local parishioners as "Miss Urith".[8] He subsequently served for 33 years as Bishop suffragan of Crediton; he was also additionally Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1909.[9] He was consecrated a bishop on St Matthias' Day (24 February 1897), by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.[10] He died on 9 July 1930.[11]

He celebrated the dedication of the Exeter War Memorial.[12]

References
  1. "Ecclesiastical Intelligence Consecration of the Bishop of Crediton". The Times, Thursday, Feb 25, 1897; pg. 7.
  2. For more on George Trefusis see: O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Trefusis, George Rolle Walpole" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.
  3. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 825. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  5. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 339.
  6. The Times, Monday, Feb 26, 1866; pg. 9; Issue 25431; col F Diocese of Oxford — ordinations
  7. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  8. Andrews, Rev. J.H.B., Chittlehampton, Transactions of the Devon Association, vol.94, 1962, pp.233-338, p.241
  9. Who was Who (ibid)
  10. "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 6177. 3 July 1981. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 14 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. "Obituary – Bishop Trefusis A Long Ministry In Devon". The Times Thursday, Jul 10, 1930; pg. 16; Issue 45561; col A
  12. "Exeter's Northernhay War Memorial". Exeter Memories. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2012.


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