Robert Oliver (15 June 171015 November 1784) was

Archdeacon of the East Riding The Archdeacon of the East Riding is a senior ecclesiastical officer of an archdeaconry, or subdivision, of the Church of England Diocese of York in the Province of York. It is named for the East Riding of Yorkshire and consists of the eight rura ...

from 1759 until his death. He was educated at

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. On his appointment as

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he commented "Silence would best become me.""The Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon 1689-1901" Ellison,R; Morgan-Guy,J: Tennant, R p291: Oxford;

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; 2012

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1710 births 18th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Archdeacons of the East Riding 1784 deaths {{England-reli-bio-stub