Background
DUCKWORTH, Robinson was born on December 4, 1834. 2nd son of late Robinson Duckworth, Liverpool, and Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of William Nicol, Doctor of Medicine.
DUCKWORTH, Robinson was born on December 4, 1834. 2nd son of late Robinson Duckworth, Liverpool, and Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of William Nicol, Doctor of Medicine.
Studied at Royal Institution School, Liverpool. University College Oxford. Scholar and Exhibitioner.
Bachelor of Arts (1st class Classics) 1857. Doctor of Divinity.
Fellow Trinity College. Master of Arts 1859; Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity 1879. Assistant Master at Marlborough, 1857-1860.
Tutor Trim College Oxford, 1860-1866. Instructor, 1866, and Governor, 1867-1870, to His (or Her) Royal Highness Duke of Albany. Examining Chaplain to Bishop of Peterborough, 1864.
Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria, 1870-1901. Honourable Chaplain to Prince of Wales, 1875-1901. Accompanied King Edward VII. in his tour through India, 1875-1876.
Select Preacher at Cambridge, 1906. Sub-Dean and Canon of West- 582 minster; Vicar of St. Mark’s, Hamilton Terrace, 1870-1906; Rural Dean of St. Marylebone, 1891-1905; Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, 1910; Almoner and Chaplain of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Chaplain to the Civil Service Volunteers; V.I). 1901.
Clubs: At-henjeum, Grosvenor.