Herbert Newell Bate (31 May 1871 – 18 May 1941) was an Anglican priest and theologian who was Dean of York between 1932London Gazette and 1941. He was a prolific writer and authored many books and articles.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941The Times, Saturday, 29 June 1935; p. 19; Issue 47103; col A "University News Edinburgh Honorary Degrees"The Times, Tuesday, 20 May 1941; p. 2; Issue 48930; col F "Obituary: The Dean of York Administrator and Scholar".
Biography Born in Brixton, Surrey, into a clerical family, the son of Rev. George Osborn Bate.Who was Who. 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 He was educated at St Paul's School, London and Trinity College, Oxford, where he earned first-class honours in modern classics. He was ordained in 1896."Ordinations. Oxford" The Times Tuesday, 22 September 1896; p. 5; Issue 35002; col D He was a tutor of Keble College, Oxford until 1897 when he became a Fellow at Magdalen College, OxfordThe Times, Thursday, 18 March 1897; p. 7; Issue 35154; col E "University Intelligence. Oxford, March 17" and Dean of Divinity. He held incumbencies at St Stephen's HampsteadThe Times, Saturday, 31 October 1903; p. 10; Issue 37226; col B "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". and Christ Church, Lancaster Gate before eight years as a Canon at Carlisle Cathedral. He was Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk and Dean of Bocking, Essex until his appointment to York.
Neuroscientist Mike Bate is his grandson (son of Herbert Bate's elder son, John Gordon Bate, an R.A.F. doctor, of Holmbury St Mary, Dorking).Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, p. 221, Bosanquet of Dingestow pedigree
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