Robert Gregory
Born9 February 1819
Died2 August 1911

Robert Gregory (9 February 1819 – 2 August 1911) was an Anglican Dean.[1]

Early life

Gregory was born on 9 February 1819.[2] He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. There he won the Denyer Theological Prize Essay Prize.[3]

He was ordained in 1843[4] and began his career with a curacies at Bisley, Wragby, and Lambeth. Gregory was later Vicar of St Mary the Less in Lambeth[5] from 1853 to 1873. After this, he was a Canon at St Paul's Cathedral[6] before succeeding to the Deanery[7] in 1891.[8] In 1873, he was elected to the School Board for London.[9] He died on 2 August 1911.[10]

Family

Gregory married in 1844 Mary Frances. They had two sons, including Francis Ambrose Gregory, who later became Bishop of Mauritius. His wife died in 1851, and ten years later he married Charlotte Anne Stopford. By his second marriage, he had three daughters who survived him. The last was Alice Gregory, who revolutionised the training of British midwifery by setting up the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ ”The Deans”, Beeson,T.R: London, SCM, 2004; ISBN 0-334-02987-2
  2. ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. ^ Church Bells Vol.5 No.208 (19 December 1874) W. Wells Gardner, Publisher, London
  4. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ^ "British History on-line".
  6. ^ ‘Gregory , Robert, Dean of St Paul's (1819–1911)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Buckland, A. R., rev. Matthew, H. C. G. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
  7. ^ Robert, Gregory (8 May 1912). "Robert Gregory, 1819-1911: being the autobiography of Robert Gregory, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's, with portraits and other illustrations". Longmans, Green – via The Open Library.
  8. ^ The Times, Friday, 23 January 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33229; col F New Dean of St Paul's
  9. ^ "The London School Board Elections". Daily News. 29 November 1873.
  10. ^ Death Of Dr. Gregory. A Great Ecclesiastical Reformer The Times Thursday, Aug 03, 1911; pg. 8; Issue 39654; col A
  11. ^ June Hannam, ‘Gregory, Alice Sophia (1867–1946)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 29 April 2017
Church of England titles Preceded byRichard William Church Dean of St Paul's 1891 – 1911 Succeeded byWilliam Ralph Inge
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