Robert Master

Robert Mosley Master, 1860 engraving

Robert Mosley Master (b Croston 12 February 1794 – d Poulton-le-Fylde 1 July 1867), also known as the "Clogging Parson", was Archdeacon of Manchester, England. from 1854 to 1867.

He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and ordained in 1822. After a curacy in Burnley he was the incumbent at Leyland, Lancashire until his last appointment at Croston.

His father in law was Member of Parliament for Midhurst.

References

  1. ↑ Burnley Heritage
  2. ↑ Burnley Express
  3. ↑ 'Ecclesiastical', North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), Saturday, September 9, 1854; Issue 1435
  4. ↑ 'Ecclesiastical' Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, September 09, 1854; pg. 3; Issue 1620
  5. ↑ 'RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE' The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, July 09, 1867; pg. 2; Issue 4437
  6. ↑ The Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 4: London, C & J Rivington, 1826
  7. ↑ Briercliffe Society
  8. ↑ The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, May 31, 1826; Issue 2292
  9. ↑ National Archives
  10. ↑ Leigh Rayment