Bobby Milburn

Robert Leslie Pollington "Bobby" Milburn FSA^[1] (28 July 1907 – 14 February 2000) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.^[2]

Milburn was educated at Oundle School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge^[3] and ordained in 1935. Between then and 1957 he was a fellow, tutor and chaplain at Worcester College, Oxford. He was then appointed as the Dean of Worcester Cathedral^[4] where he served until 1968. During this time he was Librarian and Master of the Fabric and was highly knowledgeable about both. He had the crypt, originally built by St Wulstan, bishop at the time of the Norman invasion, cleaned, cleared and painted. He worked hard to maintain the fabric in good condition. He founded the Worcester Civic Society and was often seen around the city where he always preferred to walk or bicycle to travelling by car. Many local people still remember him with affection and recall that he usually wore the regular dean's uniform of breeches, gaiters and frock coat, which he always said was extremely comfortable. He was then Master of the Temple Church until his retirement in 1980, when he retired to Bromyard, Herefordshire. His wife was increasingly disabled and he looked after her with exemplary devotion, eventually moving to the Beauchamp Community in Malvern where she would be nearer the facilities she required.

Milburn was a classical scholar, but in the tradition of the Edwardian public school, applied the methods of learning to a wide range of subjects. He read and wrote excellent French and good German and knew a great deal about the natural world, particularly birds. He was much in demand as a witty after-dinner speaker, and was a natural story-teller. The late Canon Iaian Mackenzie, a canon of Worcester Cathedral and a friend of Milburn, commented when he died: "We shall not see his like again.", but also pointed out that he looked forward to continuing their discussion about Clement of Alexandria in the next life and that Clement would be there to arbitrate.

Publications

Saints and their Emblems in English Churches (OUP 1949, Blackwell, 1961, reprinted Cressrells 1991)
Early Christian Interpretations of History (Bampton Lectures 1953; A&C Black 1954)
Early Christian Art and Architecture, Scolar Press 1988.

References

↑ FSA Web Site
↑ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ The Times, 26 November 1931; pg. 8; Issue 45990; col E, University News, Cambridge Jeremie Hellenistic Prize R.L.P. Milburn, Sidney Sussex
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Ernest Beck	Dean of Worcester 1957 – 1968	Succeeded by Eric Waldram Kemp

Deans of Worcester

Early modern	Henry Holbeach John Barlow Philip Hawford Seth Holland John Pedder Thomas Wilson Francis Willis Richard Edes James Montague Arthur Lake Joseph Hall William Juxon Roger Maynwaring Christopher Potter Richard Holdsworth John Oliver Thomas Warmestry William Thomas George Hickes William Talbot Francis Hare James Stillingfleet Edmund Marten John Waugh Sir Richard Wrottesley William Digby Robert Foley St Andrew St John

Late modern	Arthur Onslow John Jenkinson James Hook George Murray John Peel Hon Grantham Yorke Lord Alwyne Compton John Gott Robert Forrest William Moore Ede Arthur Davies William Beck Bobby Milburn Eric Kemp Tom Baker Robert Jeffery Peter Marshall Peter Atkinson

Anglican Diocese of Worcester

Worcester Cathedral The Old Palace, Worcester Hartlebury Castle Alvechurch Palace Area scheme (1993–2002)

Office holders	John Inge, Bishop of Worcester Graham Usher, Bishop suffragan of Dudley AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Peter Atkinson, Dean of Worcester Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley Robert Jones, Archdeacon of Worcester

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Gloucester (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Gloucester) Archdeacon of Coventry (1837–1918; became Diocese of Coventry) Archdeacon of Birmingham (1892–1905; became Diocese of Birmingham)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 52785688 ISNI: 0000 0001 1763 5369 SUDOC: 033527210 BNF: cb12438584x (data)

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