Robert Jarratt Crosthwaite (13 October 1837, Wellington, Somerset9 September 1925, Bolton Percy) was the inaugural Bishop of Beverley in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.BoB web-site
Born in Wellington, Somerset, on 13 October 1837,DOB/DOD Robert Crosthwaite was the son of Benjamin Crosthwaite, priest and canon.“Who was Who”1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 He was educated at Leeds Grammar School School History and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1862, he began his career with a curacy at North Cave after which he was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of York. Following incumbencies in Brayton and St Lawrence's Church, York, he was Rector of Bolton PercyMaterials within The National Archives (1885–1923). Crosthwaite was appointed Archdeacon of York in 1884.
In 1889, Crosthwaite was appointed suffragan bishop within the Diocese of York and served until 1923. He was consecrated a bishop by William Thomson, Archbishop of York, at York Minster. He became a Doctor of Divinity; and died on 9 September 1925 at Bolton Percy.The Times, Friday, 11 September 1925; p. 14; Issue 44064; col C Obituary- Bishop Crosthwaite
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