Robert John Halliburton (23 March 193526 September 2004) was an English priest and theologian within the

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, who served as a canon and Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral between 1989 and 2003.

Early life and ordination

Robert John Halliburton was born in March 1935 in

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, the son of Robert Halliburton and Katherine Margery Halliburton (née Robinson). He moved to Kent during the

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and was educated at

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. He studied for a

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, reading modern languages for Part I of the

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but transferring to theology for Part II. After graduating, he completed his obligatory eighteen months of

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. He then began simultaneously studying for a PhD at Keble College, Oxford and preparing for ordination into the Church of England at St Stephen's House. His PhD thesis, for which he was supervised by Canon F. L. Cross, was entitled "Augustine and the Monastic Life". He was Principal of

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from 1975 to 1982.

Personal life

Halliburton's interests included music and gardening, and he was a member of the Athenaeum Club. Halliburton married Jennifer Ormsby Turner in 1968. Their marriage produced five children: two sons and three daughters. He died in September 2004, survived by his wife and three of their children.

References

20th-century English Anglican priests 1935 births 2004 deaths People educated at Tonbridge School People from Wimbledon, London Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Chancellors of St Paul's Cathedral {{anglican-stub