Cecil Rolt

Cecil Henry Rolt, MA (Oxon) was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the first half of the 20th century.

He was born into an ecclesiastical family^[1] in 1865 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Ordained in 1888,^[2] he held curacies at St Thomas’s Sunderland, Christ Church West Hartlepool, St Hilda’s South Shields and St Cuthbert’s Bensham^[3] before becoming Vicar of Holy Trinity, Darlington.^[4] He later held further incumbencies in Batley and Huddersfield before his appointment as Dean of Cape Town.^[5] He died on 14 September 1926^[6]

Notes

1. His father was the Rev. H. G. Rolt Vicar of Harbledown, Canterbury - “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
2. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
3. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times Thursday, Jun 17, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35232; col D
4. Church web-site
5. thePeerage.com
6. The Times Wednesday, Sep 15, 1926; pg. 14; Issue 44377; col D The Very Rev. Cecil Henry Rolt