Vicars of St Philip and St James
James Black Gray 1862
Edward Conduitt Dermer 1872
Charles Richard Davey Biggs 1900
Robert Milton Hay 1923
Reginald James Mockridge 1939
William Bradley Vernon 1952
Arthur James Maxwell Saint 1965
Vicars of St Margaret’s
R. Hartley 1896
E. Wilfred Pullan 1906
John L. C. Dart 1942
Robert Middleton 1944
Geoffrey Lindley 1956
Priests in charge of St Margaret’s
Bishop Colin Winter 1972
Ronald H. Lloyd 1974
Vicars of St Philip and St James with St Margaret
Nicholas Anthony Thotikat Menon 1976
Paul Robert Iles 1979
Vicars of the united benefice: St Giles, St Philip and St James with St Margaret
John Gawne-Cain 1983
John Morrison-Wells 1992
Andrew Bunch 1997
Daniel Walters 2021
Obituaries of the first Vicar of St Margaret’s
(The Times, April 15, 1937)
THE REV. ROBERT HARTLEY
The death of the Rev. Robert Hartley, which occurred at Barnes in his seventy-fourth year, will be deeply regretted by his many friends of all conditions in whose lives he took so enduring and loving an interest. The only son of Robert Hartley, of Halifax, he graduated from Exeter College, Oxford, and inherited from his father a substantial fortune which throughout his life he used largely for the benefit of the various causes, institutions, and individuals in which, or in whom, he was interested. His parishioners in the parish of St. Margaret’s, Oxford, where he was vicar for many years, and later at Bighton, Hants, where he was rector, have good cause to remember his genial personality and generosity. He was a lover of children, and some of the L.C.C. schools will remember with gratitude his interest in their after-care work. He was unfailing in his kindness and sympathy for others and a lover of the countryside, especially the Lake District, where he was well known in Grasmere. He was a strong supporter of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England from the date of its inception 10 years ago. He married Gertrude Mary, daughter of the Rev. F.A.Hayden, who was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and rector of Wantage. She died in April, 1915, and today, 22 years afterwards, he will be laid to rest with her in the quiet churchyard at Ticehurst, Sussex.
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OBITUARY
THE LATE REV. ROBERT HARTLEY
A correspondent writes:— “The name of the Rev. Robert Hartley, whose death was recorded last week, will recall happy memories to many. He was formerly a curate at SS Philip and James’ Church, and became the first vicar of St. Margaret’s, Oxford, in 1890. He lived at ‘The Mount’ St Margaret’s Road, where St Hugh’s College now stands. During the ten years of his charge he endeared himself to all his parishioners. This showed itself especially in the interest and care which he bestowed on the many children, who, in those days, resided in his parish. They were to him ‘his children’, and so they ever remained. His old friends were delighted to greet him when he came recently to reside again in the parish. Although he had left it for nearly thirty years, it was astonishing to find how vividly he could remember the children and people whose interests he had so sympathetically made his own. His life recalls Goldsmith’s lines:—
His ready smile, a parent’s warmth expressed,
Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed
To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given.
But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven.