Robert Eyton (priest, died 1908)

Robert Eyton (21 June 1845 – 7 August 1908) was an Anglican priest, Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster from 1895 to 1899.

[1] He became Sub-Almoner to the Queen (1883), Rector of Upper Chelsea (1884), a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral (1885),[2] and was appointed a Canon of Westminster Abbey and Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster in December 1895.

Although his obituary later gave the cause as "complete breakdown under mental strain,"[4] this is believed to be due to a homosexuality scandal.

[5] He emigrated to Australia in 1900 as Rector of Charleville, Queensland, and was appointed Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Bathurst in 1903.

[1] Having fallen ill after mistakenly taking liniment instead of cough mixture, he died on 7 August 1908, aged 63, in Bathurst, New South Wales.