Editing Robinson Duckworth (section)

==Biography==
Duckworth was the second son of Robinson Duckworth Sr. of [[Liverpool]] and his Scottish wife Elizabeth Forbes Nicol. He was educated at the [[Royal Institution School]] in Liverpool, and later at [[University College, Oxford]], where he took his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1857.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Duckworth, Rev. Robinson|magazine=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=514|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA514}}</ref> He was a member of the Oxford Choral Society and a renowned singer. He took his [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|MA]] in 1859, and his [[Bachelor of Divinity|BD]] and [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] in 1879. He was an Assistant Master at [[Marlborough College]] from 1857 to 1860. From 1860 to 1876 he was a Fellow of [[Trinity College, Oxford]], where, from 1866 to 1870, he was Instructor and Governor to [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany]], [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria's]] youngest son. In 1864 he was appointed Examining Chaplain to the [[Bishop of Peterborough]].

While he was at Oxford Duckworth helped to row Alice Liddell and her sisters (daughters of Dr Liddell, Dean of Christ Church) on the river, returning from a picnic. In the boat was his friend Lewis Carroll who related for the first time his story which became ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''. Robinson was immortalized as the Duck in the Jury Box and the Duck in the Pool of Tears in the book.

From 1870 to 1906 Duckworth was the [[incumbent]] of [[St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace|St. Mark's Church in Hamilton Terrace]], in [[London]]'s [[Maida Vale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stmarks.me.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=54|title = Brief History}}</ref>

Duckworth was appointed [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] of [[Westminster Abbey|Westminster]] in 1875 and later was also appointed [[Dean (religion)|Sub-Dean]]. He was [[Chaplain-in-Ordinary]] to [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] from 1870 to 1901, for which service he was appointed a Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO) on 11 August 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular|date=12 August 1902 |page=8 |issue=36844}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27467 |pages=5461–5462  |date=22 August 1902}}</ref> He was [[Rural Dean]] for the parish of [[Marylebone|St. Marylebone]] from 1891 to 1905, and from 1875 to 1901 was Honorary Chaplain to the [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]], whom he accompanied on his 1875-6 tour of [[India]]. He was Chaplain-in Ordinary to [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]] in 1910.

Robinson Duckworth was [[Almoner]] and [[Chaplain]] to the [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Order of St. John of Jerusalem]], and Chaplain to the Civil Service Volunteers, being awarded the [[Volunteer Decoration|VD]] in 1901. He was a member of the [[Athenaeum Club, London|Athenaeum]] and Grosvenor Clubs. He was elected a Member of the [[Worshipful Company of Musicians]] in January 1903.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular |date=23 January 1903 |page=4 |issue=36985}}</ref>

On his death in 1911 he was buried in the choir of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Here a round window opposite the Abbey's entrance is dedicated to his memory. It was designed by [[Francis Skeat]] and was unveiled in 1988.<ref>[http://www.westminster-abbey.org/visitor/plan-of-the-abbey/13701 Westminster Abbey<!-- bot-generated title -->] at www.westminster-abbey.org Dead link</ref>