Owsley Robert Rowley was a Canadian banker, churchman, and author. He published two works, the first in 1907, titled The House of Bishops: portraits of the living archbishops and bishops of the Church of England in Canada, in order of consecration, with short historical notes concerning them and their dioceses, together with the portraits of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishop of London and the first colonial bishop, and the second in 1928, titled The Anglican episcopate of Canada and Newfoundland (which also had three supplements published, the latest in 2008).
Rowley was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1858, and was educated there. He began a career in banking in 1884 at the the Bank of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and would move on to work for the Merchants Bank of Canada and the Bank of British North America, until 1900. He would then work as an accountant for two years in Halifax, Nova Scotia, until he became an Inspector of branch returns in Montreal, Quebec in 1902. He was married to a woman named Mabel Treacher in 1905, in Windsor, Ontario, and would have a daughter named Grace. In 1912, he was promoted to Chief Inspector of branch returns, and in 1916, to Chief Inspector and Superintendent of eastern branches of the Bank of British North America, Montreal. In 1918, he became an Inspector of the Bank of Montreal, which had taken over the Bank of British North America.
Rowley was also a military man, having served from the 1880s to 1909 in the Canadian Militia. He was a Lieutenant with the 77th Wentworth Battallion in Dundas, Ontario, and served with the 13th Royal Regiment in Hamilton. From 1887 to 1902, he was part of the 66th Princess Louise Fusiliers in Halifax, and then was a Captain of the 5th Royal Scots of Canada in Montreal. From 1905 to 1909, he was honourary captain and paymaster, 2nd Regiment, Canadian Artillery in Montreal, and was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long officers' long service medal.
Rowley's involvement with the Anglican Church was similarly long-standing. He first became a people's warden of the Church of St. James the Apostle in Montreal, from 1905 to 1905, and then Rector's Warden from 1911 to 1912. He was Lay delegate to the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal from 1905 to 1932, and for two years was honourary secretary of the Diocese of the Arctic from 1933 to 1935. In 1934 and 1935, he was Lay delegate to the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, representing the Diocese of the Arctic. Finally, from 1934 to the 1940s, he was a member of the executive council of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Owsley Robert Rowley passed away in November of 1949, from injuries sustained in a car accident.
Andrew Ross was from Edmondstone, New Brunswick, and worked for the Canadian Press prior to 1943, when he joined the Canadian army, serving with the Pictou Islanders, then as an Officer with the Directorate of Military intelligence in Ottawa, and later as a Press Censor in London and Paris. After the war, her worked for CP in Ottawa briefly, but joined the Department of External Affairs in 1947. He worked in government, in increasingly responsible positions, for the rest of his career, including as First Secretary and Consul of the Canadian Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela; Ambassador to Chile; and other posts.
Third Bishop of British Columbia; Second Bishop of Ottawa; Fifth Metropolitan of Ontario.
John Charles Roper was born in Sussex, England in 1858, and educated in Kent. He attended Oxford University, obtaining a B.A. in 1881, and an M.A. in 1884. He was ordained deacon in 1882, and served as curate of All Saints, Herstmonceux in Sussex, until 1883, when he was ordained priest. From 1883 to 1885, he was Chaplain and Theological Lecturer at Brasenose College, Oxford, then became Keble Professor of Divinity at the University of Trinity College in Toronto, Ontario in 1885. He received an honourary M.A. from University of Trinity College in 1886, and an honourary L.H.D. from Hobart College in Geneva in 1887. From 1888 to 1897, he was Vicar of St. Thomas' Church, Toronto, then returned to teaching as Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the General Theological Seminary in New York. He received an honourary D.D. from this school in 1898. In 1912, he was Consecrated Bishop of British Columbia, and was made honourary captain and chaplain of the 88th Regiment, Victoria Fusiliers in 1913. In 1915, he was translated to the See of Ottawa, where he stayed until he was elected Metropolitan of Ontario in 1933. He resigned the See in 1939, and passed away in 1940. He received various other honourary degrees while he was Bishop, including a D.D. (1913) from Oxford; a D.D. (1914) from University of Trinity College; a D.C.L. (1916) from the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia; and a D.D. (1917) from the University of Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec.
Fourth Bishop of Athabasca; Assistant Bishop of Norwich.
Edwin Frederick Robins was born in London, England in 1870. After receiving private education and attending Church Missionary School in Islington, he was ordained deacon in 1894. He served as a Missionary to Dera Ghaze Khan in India until 1897, when he was ordained priest and became the curate of St. James' Church, Paddington. He then moved onto Widcombe, Bath, to serve as a curate there, from 1898 to 1901. In 1901, he became the Organizing Secretary for the Dioceses of Bristol, Gloucester, and Worcester. In 1902, he became Vicar of Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, where he stayed until 1909, when he was appointed Incumbent of Athabasca Landing, as well as Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Athabasca, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Diocese of Athabasca. From 1910 t0 1912, he was the Archdeacon of Athabasca, until he was consecrated Bishop of Athabasca in 1912. He also received an honourary D.D. from St. John's College that year, and another honourary D.D. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto, in 1924. He resigned the See of Athabasca in 1930, and was appointed Assistant Bishop of Norwich. He passed away in 1953.
Samuel S. Robertson was war correspondent during the Second World War. Born in 1905 in Glasgow, Scotland, he joined the Canadian Press in 1918 at the age of 13, as a night messenger. In 1931, he was placed in charge of the CP night desk, and in 1937, became the CP superintendent in New York. In 1939, he travelled to the United Kingdom to be a war correspondent and CP London Superintendent. He was killed in May 1941 in a U-boat attack off the coast of Ireland, while aboard the SS Nerissa.
Theodore Goodridge Roberts was an author, poet, and journalist from Fredericton, New Brunswick. Born in 1877, he was the younger brother of Charles G. D. Roberts. He attended the University of New Brunswick, but did not graduate, however, later in life he was granted an honourary Doctorate of Literature from the university. His first poem was published when he was eleven-years-old, and he wrote prolifically for the rest of his life. He found work with The Independent and moved to New York City in 1897, and lived there with his brothers. In 1898, he went to Tampa, Florida to cover the Spanish-American war, but contracted malaria aboard a ship to Cuba, and was sent back to Fredericton to convalesce. Afterwards, he went to Newfoundland for three years, helping to found The Newfoundland Magazine. His time there inspired numerous written works, including writings on the Beothuk people. A five month sea journey to the Caribbean and South America inspired other poems and stories, but a relapse of malaria sent him back to New York, where he fell in love with and married his nurse, Frances Seymour Allen. He and wife lived in various places over their lives, and had four children. In 1914, Roberts enlisted in the army, and was eventually commissioned a Lieutenant in 1915, in the 12th Battalion of the Canadian Army, then was promoted to Captain in 1916. He established Acadie magazine in 1930. He passed away in Digby, Nova Scotia in 1953.
Some of his publications include: Northland Lyrics (1899, The House of Isstens (1900), Comrades of the Trails (1910), The Harbour Master (1913), The Wasp (1914), Thirty Canadian V.C.’s (1918), and many more. He published over 30 novels throughout his lifetime, as well as poetry and stories.
Leila Roberts, née White, was the wife of Lloyd Roberts, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts' son. She married Lloyd in 1914 and divorced him some time before 1943.