Robert Master
Robert Mosley Master (b Croston 12 February 1794 – d Poulton-le-Fylde 1 July 1867),[1] also known as the “Clogging Parson”,[2][3] was Archdeacon of Manchester, England.[4] from 1854[5] to 1867.[6]
Robert Mosley Master, 1860 engraving
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford[7] and ordained in 1822. After a curacy[8] in Burnley[9] he was the incumbent at Leyland, Lancashire until his last appointment at Croston.[10]
His father in law was Member of Parliament for Midhurst.[11]
References
- thePeerage.com
- Burnley Heritage
- Burnley Express
- ‘ Ecclesiastical’ North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), Saturday, September 9, 1854; Issue 1435
- EcclesiasticalHampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, September 09, 1854; pg. 3; Issue 1620
- ‘RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE’ The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, July 09, 1867; pg. 2; Issue 4437
- ” The Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record , Volume 4: London, C & J Rivington, 1826
- Briercliffe Society
- ‘The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer’ (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, May 31, 1826; Issue 2292
- National Archives
- Leigh Rayment
| Church of England titles | ||
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| Preceded by John Rushton |
Archdeacon of Manchester 1854–1867 |
Succeeded by Richard Durnford |
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