First vicar of St Clements Noting Dale. Purchased the land and also contributed to the construction of the church.
About St Clement's AIM25 gives: "The first incumbent was the Reverend Arthur Dalgarno Robinson, curate of Saint Stephen, Shepherds Bush, who remained until 1881." The 2017 Church Times gives: "St Clement’s was consecrated exactly 150 years ago as a result of the efforts of the Revd Arthur Dalgarno Robinson. Working unpaid, he built the church from his own funds, to serve people in the most desperately impoverished and exploited conditions. In recognition of his service, a local-authority ward is named after him."
The Friends of Little Wormwood Scrubs is very helpful, with some lovely old photos. There we learnt that "Dalgarno Rd (later Gardens) {W10, was} named in honour of Arthur Dalgarno Robinson for his good work for the poor in the Parish." And the land for Little Wormwood Scrubs "was purchased for £300 by Arthur Dalgarno Robinson. The vicar of St Helen’s Church on St Quentin Avenue ... he had also founded St Clements in Treadgold St and St Andrews in Silchester Road. He was known as philanthropic vicar and had established a “ragged” school in the Notting Dale Potteries. The land he bought was for designated for use as “Glebe Land”, land used to make money for the Church. The result was the dense housing development that took place in Bracewell Road, while Arthur built a large vicarage at the bottom of Brewster Gardens, now demolished. The space is now occupied with two houses, Coronation Court and the Post Office and row of shops."
Searching for some personal information we discovered that his name is sometimes mistranscribed as "Dalgamo".
At a register of baptisms we found "A. Dalgamo? Robinson" officiating at a baptism in May 1890 in Ellenbrook Chapel, Worsley, Lancs.
At The transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1893 we found "The Rer. Dalgamo Robinson" in a long list of (all male) guests: "On Tuesday night, the 17th of March, 1896, at the Hotel Métropole, a large and distinguished company of Welshmen assembled in the Whitehall Rooms to do honour to the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion". The following description leaves one in no doubt that the was a very Welsh occasion, which is why (and it's our only evidence) we've given Wales as a country with which Arthur Dalgarno Robinson is associated.
His cousin was Henry Dalgarno Robinson (1873-1954), a well known local gentleman at Richmond Parish Church, St Mary Magdalene.
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