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Basil Coleby Roberts DD MA (23 September 1887- 3 February 1957) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.Born into a clerical family he was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College Cambridge. Ordained in 1912 his first post was as a Curate at St Jude’s Salterhebble. He was a Lecturer at St Augustine’s College Canterbury from 1913 to 1922. He was Chaplain of Selangor from 1922 to 1927 when he became Bishop of Singapore a post he held until 1940.