Robert Whitcombe

The Rev Robert Henry Whitcombe (1862–1922) was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the early decades of the twentieth century.^[1] Educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, from 1886 to 1899 he was a schoolmaster at Wellington College and then Eton. After this he was Rector of Hardwick, Buckinghamshire and then Vicar of Romford^[2] before a 13-year spell as Bishop of Colchester from 1909.^[3] A memorial window to him is situated on the south wall of St Mary at the Walls, Colchester.^[4]

Notes

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
↑ New Bishop Suffragan Of Colchester. The Times Monday, Dec 21, 1908; pg. 11; Issue 38835; col B
↑ Genealogy web-site

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Frank Johnson	Bishop of Colchester 1909 – 22	Succeeded by Thomas Alfred Chapman

Bishops of Colchester

Alfred Blomfield Henry Johnson Robert Whitcombe Thomas Chapman Charles Ridsdale Dudley Narborough Roderic Coote (became first area bishop)

Area bishops	Roderic Coote Michael Vickers Edward Holland Christopher Morgan Roger Morris

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