Thomas Carlyle Joseph Robert Hamish Deakin, known as Robert Deakin (1917–1985), was the Anglican Bishop of Tewkesbury from 1973 until his death in 1985.
He was born in the village of Parkend in The Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire,Ralph, Anstis. The Story of Parkend, 1998, p55 the son of Thomas Carlyle Deakin and Harriet Herries Deakin. His grandfather and his father had both been J.P.s and, at different times, managers of Parkend Colliery. When the mine closed, in 1944, his father trained to become an Anglican priest, eventually becoming rector of St Giles in Uley and Holy Cross in Owlpen, Gloucestershire.The New Regard, Alden Press, 2006, . p13Who's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1971
Deakin was educated at Oxford and Wells Theological College before embarking on a curacy at Stroud, Gloucestershire (during which time he married Marion Dyer), the incumbency at Holy Trinity in DrybrookHoly Trinity Church website then St Mary's Charlton Kings and the Rural Deanship of Cheltenham in 1949Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) until his elevation to suffragan bishop of Tewkesbury in 1973.The Times, Friday, Nov 02, 1973; pg. 19; Issue 58929; col B Inauguration of three new bishops He died on 3 August 1985 The Times, Monday, Aug 05, 1985; pg. 14; Issue 62208; col H Right Rev Robert Deakin Category: Obituaries
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