The Ven. Reginald Hobhouse, MA (18 March 1818 – 27 January 1895), was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1878 [1] to [2] 1892. [3] [4]
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]
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 and his son Leonard was a liberal political theorist and sociologist. [8]
The Ven. Reginald Hobhouse, MA (18 March 1818 – 27 January 1895), was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1878 [1] to [2] 1892. [3] [4]
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]
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 and his son Leonard was a liberal political theorist and sociologist. [8]