Basil Wilberforce
Basil Wilberforce | |
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Born | Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce February 14, 1841 |
Died | May 13, 1916 | (aged 75)
Burial place | Westminster Abbey |
Occupation(s) | Priest and author |
Years active | 1866–1916 |
Parents |
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Relatives | William Wilberforce (grandfather)
Ernest Wilberforce (brother) |
Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce (14 February 1841 – 13 May 1916) was an
Biography
Early life
Born in Winchester as the youngest son of Samuel Wilberforce (and therefore grandson of famed abolitionist William Wilberforce; his elder brother Ernest became Bishop of Newcastle then of Chichester), he was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1866.[1]
Career
He was
He was appointed Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1896, and continually re-elected to the post until his death in 1916. Biographer Charlotte Elizabeth Woods wrote that "[f]ew Chaplains have filled this time-honoured post with so much dignity, grace, and distinction."[3]
In 1900 he was appointed the Archdeacon of Westminster.[4]
Personal life
He married Charlotte Langford on 28 November 1865 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.[5] Both of them were supporters of the Broadlands conference on spiritualism.[6]
He was a strong supporter of the temperance movement, and abstained from all alcohol after 31.[7] He was good friends with temperance leader Lady Henry Somerset.
He died on 13 May 1916. He was 75.[8]
Partial list of published works
- The battle of the Lord. (London : Elliot Stock)
- The established church and the liquor traffic : being a letter addressed to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Important correspondence with Canon Wilberforce on vivisection. (Boston, Mass.)
- Mystic Immanence, the Indwelling Spirit.
- New (?) theology : thoughts on the universality and continuity of the doctrine of the immanence of God. (London : Stock) 1908
- Our Father's Lent and His Easter land. (Butler & Tanner)
- The secret of the quiet mind. (London : E. Stock)
- Seeing God : personal recognition of divine love. (London : Elliot Stock)
- Sermon preached to the 2nd special service battalion of the Royal Canadian regiment, in Westminster Abbey, on Advent Sunday.
- Spiritual consciousness. (New York : Dodd, Mead)
- There is no death. (New York : Dodd, Mead)
- The trinity of evil : I. infidelity, II. impurity, III. intemperance. (Toronto : S.R. Briggs) 1885
- Why does not God stop the war?. (London : Elliot Stock)
- Down in the Depths: The Awakening of the Spirit.
- Following on to Know. 1904
- Speaking Good of His Name. 1905
- Sanctification by the Truth. 1906
- The Hope that is in me. 1909
- The Power that Worketh in us. 1910
- Sermons preached in Westminster Abbey. 1898 (1st series), 1902 (2nd series)
References
- ^ Who was Who 1897-2007 2007
- ^ "No. 26500". The London Gazette. 3 April 1894. p. 1882.
- ^ Woods 1917, 25.
- ^ The Clergy List London, Kelly's, 1913
- ^ Russell 1918, 22.
- ^ "Edward Clifford (British 1844-1907), A group portrait of The Broadlands Conference: The Sitters | Dreweatts". www.dreweatts.com. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Blocker, Fahey & Tyrrell 2003, 660–661
- ^ Death Of Archdeacon Wilberforce. Chaplain To The Commons. The Times, Monday, May 15, 1916; pg. 4; Issue 41167; col F.
Works cited (by date)
News items and websites listed in Reference section only.
- Woods, Charlotte Elizabeth (1917). Archdeacon Wilberforce, his ideals and teaching. London: E. Stock.
- Russell, George William Erskine (1918). Basil Wilberforce; a memoir. London: J. Murray.
- Blocker, Jack S.; Fahey, David M.; Tyrrell, Ian R., eds. (2003). Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia · Volume 1. ABC-CLIO.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7.