Robert Selby Taylor (1 March 1909 – 23 April 1995) was an

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in the 20th century. Selby Taylor was educated at

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and

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in 1933, his first post was a

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. He then emigrated to

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to become a

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in the Diocese of Northern Rhodesia, rising to become principal of its

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and then in 1951

of the

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a decade later and

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in 1959 he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Town in 1964. Ten years later he announced his retirement but in 1979 he was petitioned to return to a part of his first diocese and serve as Bishop of Central Zambia. In 1983 he was honoured by The Queen (made a

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) and in 1991, the

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conferred on him the Lambeth Doctorate of Divinity to mark his fifty years of service in the

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. A Sub Prelate of the

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, he died on 23 April 1995. A

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at the

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is named in his honour and in 2009 events were held to honour his centenary. Many of his papers are stored at the

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.Wits Historical papers
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Selby Taylor, Robert 20th-century Anglican archbishops 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops 1909 births 1995 deaths Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Anglican archbishops of Cape Town Anglican bishops of Central Zambia Anglican bishops of Grahamstown Anglican bishops of Lusaka Anglican bishops of Northern Rhodesia Members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia Anglican bishops of Pretoria Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Holders of a Lambeth degree People educated at Harrow School People from Cumberland Sub-Prelates of the Venerable Order of Saint John