Robert Tinsley Holtby FSA was an Anglican priest[1] and author.
Born in Thornton-le-Dale[3] on 25 February 1921[4] and educated at Scarborough College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1947.
[5] In that year he married Mary, the elder daughter of Eric Graham, the Bishop of Brechin:[6] they had three children.
Following this he was Chaplain and an Assistant Master at Malvern College[3] then St Edward's School, Oxford.
For the next decade he was General Secretary of the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.