Reginald Hobhouse, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Reginald Hobhouse

English Anglican cleric

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1818

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1895

Profession: cleric

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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Reginald Hobhouse, MA (18 March 1818 – 27 January 1895), was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1878 to 1892. 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.
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 where he was to remain until his death on 27 January 1895.
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.