Robert Whitcombe

This article is about the 20th century Anglican bishop. For the 15th century Member of Parliament, see Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency).

The Rev Robert Henry Whitcombe (18 July 1862–19 March 1922) was an eminent Anglican Bishop.^[1] Educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, from 1886 to 1899 he was a schoolmaster at Wellington College and then Eton. After this he was Rector of Hardwick, Buckinghamshire^[2] and then Vicar of Romford^[3] before a 13-year spell as Bishop of Colchester from 1909.^[4] A memorial window and plaque to him is situated on the south wall of St Mary-at-the-Walls, Colchester.^[5]

Robert Whitcombe c1914

Mural monument plaque in the former St Mary-at-the-Walls Church, Colchester, now an arts centre.