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He became was [[Rural Dean]] of [[Spitalfields]] in 1878<ref name=":0" /> and then [[Bishop of Bedford|Suffragan Bishop]] of Bedford in 1888. |
He became was [[Rural Dean]] of [[Spitalfields]] in 1878<ref name=":0" /> and then [[Bishop of Bedford|Suffragan Bishop]] of Bedford in 1888. |
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== Personal life == |
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Billing married Harriet Fowler Price, daughter of George Price of Langford, Somerset in 1862.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000407/18980225/002/0002|title=Western Gazette|last=|first=|date=25 February 1898|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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== Death == |
== Death == |
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He died in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8914|title=England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915|website=search.ancestry.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> (technically) in post on 21 February 1898,<ref>''Death Of The Bishop Of Bedford. '' [[The Times]] Tuesday, Feb 22, 1898; pg. 4; Issue 35446; col F</ref> having ceased active work in 1895.<ref>His duties being taken on by the [[Bishop of Stepney]] > Fowler (ibid)</ref> |
He died in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8914|title=England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915|website=search.ancestry.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> (technically) in post on 21 February 1898,<ref>''Death Of The Bishop Of Bedford. '' [[The Times]] Tuesday, Feb 22, 1898; pg. 4; Issue 35446; col F</ref> having ceased active work in 1895.<ref>His duties being taken on by the [[Bishop of Stepney]] > Fowler (ibid)</ref> |
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His wife Harriet died on March 21<sup>st</sup> 1899 at Tilehurst Villa, Sion Hill, Bath. |
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== Memorial == |
== Memorial == |
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A memorial to |
A memorial to Billing can be seen in the Crypt at [[St Paul’s Cathedral]].<ref>"Memorials of St. Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair,W.M: London, Chapman and Hall,1909</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 16:41, 1 September 2018
Robert Claudius Billing was an Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Bedford [1] from 1888 to 1898.[2]
Early Life
Billing was born in Maidstone, Kent in 1834[3] the eldest of 5 children. His mother was Ann (nee Green) was originally from Nottingham, and his father was Rev. Robert Billing[4], recorded in the 1851 census as Perpetual Curate and Master of the Grammar School in Wye in Kent.[5][6]
Education
He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, matriculating (enrolling) on 25th October 1853 aged 19, graduating and being ordained in 1857.[7]
Career
Billing began his career with a curacy at St Peter’s, Colchester followed by a period as Secretary of the Church Missionary Society. In 1863 he became Vicar of Louth[8] the living consisting of a vicarage endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners with £300 a year (in 1872), in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln.[9]
He became was Rural Dean of Spitalfields in 1878[9] and then Suffragan Bishop of Bedford in 1888.
Personal life
Billing married Harriet Fowler Price, daughter of George Price of Langford, Somerset in 1862.[10]
Death
He died in Windsor[11] (technically) in post on 21 February 1898,[12] having ceased active work in 1895.[13]
His wife Harriet died on March 21st 1899 at Tilehurst Villa, Sion Hill, Bath.
Memorial
A memorial to Billing can be seen in the Crypt at St Paul’s Cathedral.[14]
Notes
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ ”Church History in Queen Victoria's Reign” Fowler,M: Whitefish Kessinger Publishing, 2005 ISBN 1-4179-7356-0
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Robert Claudius Billing, 1834 - 1898. Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Bedford". Alamy. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Robert Billing - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ His father was the Rev R. Billing, sometime Vicar of Wye, Kent > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ "1851 England Census - Ancestry.co.uk". search.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886". search.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ a b "U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s". search.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "Western Gazette". 25 February 1898.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915". search.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ Death Of The Bishop Of Bedford. The Times Tuesday, Feb 22, 1898; pg. 4; Issue 35446; col F
- ^ His duties being taken on by the Bishop of Stepney > Fowler (ibid)
- ^ "Memorials of St. Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair,W.M: London, Chapman and Hall,1909
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