Robert Trefusis

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

Origins

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

Career

Trefusis was educated at Cheltenham College[3] and Exeter College, Oxford. Ordained in 1866,[4] 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.[5] 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".[6] He subsequently served for 33 years as Suffragan Bishop of Crediton.[7] He died on 9 July 1930.[8]

He celebrated the dedication of the Exeter War Memorial.[9]

References
  1. "Ecclesiastical Intelligence Consecration of the Bishop of Crediton". The Times, Thursday, Feb 25, 1897; pg. 7.
  2. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 825. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  3. Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. The Times, Monday, Feb 26, 1866; pg. 9; Issue 25431; col F Diocese of Oxford-ordinations
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. Andrews, Rev. J.H.B., Chittlehampton, Transactions of the Devon Association, vol.94, 1962, pp.233-338, p.241
  7. He was also additionally Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1909. Who was Who (ibid)
  8. "Obituary – Bishop Trefusis A Long Ministry In Devon". The Times Thursday, Jul 10, 1930; pg. 16; Issue 45561; col A
  9. "Exeter's Northernhay War Memorial". Exeter Memories. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment		 Bishop of Crediton
1897 – 1930		 Succeeded by
William Frederick Surtees


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