Robert Gregory (9 February 1819 – 2 August 1911) was an

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Dean.

Early life

Gregory was born on 9 February 1819. He was educated at

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12th ...

. There he won the Denyer Theological Prize Essay Prize.''Church Bells'' Vol.5 No.208 (19 December 1874) W. Wells Gardner, Publisher, London He was ordained in 1843 and began his career with a

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at Bisley, Wragby, and

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. Gregory was later

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of St Mary the Less in

from 1853 to 1873. After this, he was a Canon at

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before succeeding to the

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in 1891. In 1873, he was elected to the

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. He died on 2 August 1911.''Death Of Dr. Gregory. A Great Ecclesiastical Reformer''

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Thursday, Aug 03, 1911; pg. 8; Issue 39654; col A

Family

Gregory married in 1844 Mary Frances. They had two sons, including

Francis Ambrose Gregory The Rt Rev Francis Ambrose Gregory (1848 - 31 January 1927) was a former Bishop of Mauritius. Born into an ecclesiastical family in 1848 and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1873 and b ...

, who later became

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. His wife died in 1851, and ten years later he married Charlotte Anne Stopford. By his second marriage, he had three daughters who survived him. The last was

Alice Gregory Alice Sophia Gregory (22 November 1867 – 8 November 1946) was a British midwife who founded the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies to create professional training for midwives. Life Gregory was born in Lambeth in 1867. Her parents were Cha ...

, who revolutionised the training of British midwifery by setting up the

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. June Hannam, ‘Gregory, Alice Sophia (1867–1946)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Robert 1819 births 1911 deaths Clergy from Nottingham Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Deans of St Paul's Members of the London School Board