Reginald Foskett (1909 – 13 November 1973) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Penrith in the modern era.
[1] Born in 1909[2] he was educated at Derby School and Keble College, Oxford and ordained priest in 1933.
After Curacies at Gedling and Mansfield he was Rector at Ordsall[3] followed by service as Rural Dean of Ilkeston.
From 1957 he was Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh[4] before elevation to the Episcopate a decade later: a post he was to hold for only three years, retiring prematurely due to ill-health.
[5] A dedicated historian of the church and of African history.,[6] he died on 13 November 1973.