Thomas Hugh Robinson (11 June 1934 – 26 August 2007) was
Archdeacon of the Army and
Deputy Chaplain General to the
Forces from 1986 to 1989.
Robinson was born in
Murree
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, educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
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, motto_English = It will last i ...
and
ordained
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in 1958. After a
curacy
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at St Clement,
Belfast
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he was
Chaplain
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to the
Missions to Seamen
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in
Mombasa
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from 1961 to 1964. He was
Rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Youghal
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from 1964 to 1966. He served with the
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
The Royal Army Chaplains' Department (RAChD) is an all-officer department that provides ordained clergy to minister to the British Army.
History
The Army Chaplains' Department (AChD) was formed by Royal Warrant of 23 September 1796; until the ...
from 1966 to 1989. He was also an
Honorary Chaplain to the Queen
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from 1985 to 1989; and
Team Rector
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A ...
of
Cleethorpes
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from 1990 to 1998.
[‘Robison, Rev. Thomas Hugh’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 201]
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References
People from Murree
Church of England archdeacons (military)
Honorary Chaplains to the King
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
20th-century Irish Anglican priests
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
1934 births
2007 deaths
Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers
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