Robert Arnold Schürhoff Martineau (22 August 1913 – 28 June 1999) was a British bishop who was the first Bishop of Huntingdon and who was later translated to Blackburn.
Born in Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School [1] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a curate at Melksham [2] after which he was a World War II chaplain in the RAFVR.
When peace returned he became Vicar of Ovenden, Halifax, and then Allerton, Merseyside, [3] before his ordination to the episcopate. [4]
He died in Denbigh, Clwyd.
Robert Arnold Schürhoff Martineau (22 August 1913 – 28 June 1999) was a British bishop who was the first Bishop of Huntingdon and who was later translated to Blackburn.
Born in Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School [1] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a curate at Melksham [2] after which he was a World War II chaplain in the RAFVR.
When peace returned he became Vicar of Ovenden, Halifax, and then Allerton, Merseyside, [3] before his ordination to the episcopate. [4]
He died in Denbigh, Clwyd.