Reginald Hobhouse

Reginald Hobhouse (18 March 1818 – 27 January 1895) was an Anglican priest who was the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1878[1][2] to 1892.[3][4]

Early life

He was born on 18 March 1818 as the third son of Henry Hobhouse, under-secretary of state for the home department (Home Office) and educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.[5]

He was ordained in 1841 and began his career as a curate at Bridport. After this he was Rector of Riseholme, Lincolnshire. In 1844 he became the incumbent at St Ive, Cornwall,[6] where he was to remain until his death on 27 January 1895.[7] Hobhouse was active in the campaign for a modern bishop of Cornwall and was the author of a pamphlet "The Cornish Bishopric" (1860) [4]

Family

His older brother Edmund was the inaugural Bishop of Nelson, New Zealand and his younger brother Arthur was a judge. His daughter Emily was an early welfare campaigner[8] and his son Leonard was a Liberal political theorist and sociologist.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ CHURCH NEWS. The Standard (London, England), Monday, July 08, 1878; pg. 3; Issue 16835. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  2. ↑ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. ↑ "Obituary", The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1895; pg. 7; Issue 34486
  4. 1 2 Brown, H. Miles (1976) A Century for Cornwall. Truro: Blackford; pp. 18 & 26
  5. ↑ Stanford
  6. ↑ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE . Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, March 23, 1844; pg. 6; Issue 1077. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  7. ↑ DEATH OF ARCHDEACON HOBHOUSE. The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Wednesday, January 30, 1895; pg. [1]; Issue 5075. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  8. ↑ Harrison, Elaine (23 September 2004). "Hobhouse, Emily (1860–1926)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38520. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ↑ Freeden, Michael. "Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawny". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33906. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
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