Robert Brindle
Catholic bishop (1837-1916)
Robert Brindle DSO (4 November 1837 – 27 June 1916) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Nottingham from 1901 to 1915.
Life
Born in Liverpool on 4 November 1837, he was ordained to the priesthood on 27 December 1862. Brindle joined the Royal Army Chaplains' Department. During the Gordon Relief Expedition (1884–85), as an army chaplain he marched with the troops rather than riding with the officers; and handled an oar with the 1st Royal Irish Regiment as they rowed up the Nile. He was mentioned in Kitchener's dispatches for his services to the wounded during the Battle of Omdurman and "only some technical difficulty prevented his receiving a knighthood at the end of the campaign." Sir Evelyn Wood said, "Father Brindle was doubtless the most popular man in the Expedition. His own flock naturally loved him, and he was respected by everyone ... He had a pony which he never rode, it being used to carry foot-sore men in turn." In recognition of services in Egypt and the Sudan, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 16 November 1898. Brindle retired from the army as Chaplain to the Forces First Class in 1899.
He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior on 29 January 1899.
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