Henry Hobart (priest)

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Henry Lewis Hobart (1774 – 8 May 1846) was an English

Anglican priest who became Dean of Windsor and thus Dean of Wolverhampton
.

Background and education

Henry Hobart's father was

embassy in Saint Petersburg.[1] He succeeded his half-brother as Earl of Buckinghamshire
in 1793.

Henry Hobart's mother was Albinia Bertie, daughter of Lord Vere Bertie (died 1768),[2] younger son of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.

Hobart was the youngest of eight surviving children. He was born early in 1774 and

MA in 1797.[4] He was to become a Doctor of Divinity
in 1816.

Ecclesiastical career

Hobart was ordained deacon at Winchester in June 1797 and priest in February 1798. As the son of an earl he had many avenues of preferment open to him, largely exploiting family and political connections. He was to obtain numerous positions and benefices, many of them held in plurality in places far apart, a practice that was not significantly restricted until the Pluralities Act of 1850. By this process he could acquire a relatively large income. He was not required to prove his worth as a curate but went straight into remunerative and responsible positions.

Almost as soon as he was ordained to the priesthood, Hobart became rector of Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire. In 1801, he became rector also of the nearby parish of Edgcote. Both of these rectories he held until 1815, being appointed prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral in 1804, a post he held until 1816. In 1815, he was appointed to three lucrative livings in one year: Vicar of Nocton, a parish in the gift of his family; Rector of St Dionis Backchurch in the City of London, a post he held until 1828; and Rector of Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

In 1816, Hobart reached the pinnacle of his success as a clergyman with his appointment as

William IV and Queen Victoria. The deanery carried with it the post of Register of the Order of the Garter, which is based at the chapel. As dean, Hobart had the ear of the monarch. However, he seems not to have built up any great influence.[5] This may be due to a certain insensitivity or lack of tact. When Victoria gave birth to the future Edward VII in November 1841, Hobart congratulated her on "thus saving us from the incredible curse of a female succession."[6] Even after his appointment at Windsor, Hobart acquired more livings. From 1823 to 1842 he was vicar of Fulmer, Buckinghamshire,[4] and from 1828 he was Vicar of Wantage, then in Berkshire.[7]

By a custom dating to the late 15th century, the Deanery of Windsor brought with it the

college
itself.

Marriage and family

On 5 October 1824, Hobart married Charlotte Selina Moore, daughter of Richard Moore, a Chelsea landowner who resided in an apartment at Hampton Court Palace.[4] They had at least seven children.[11] Their eldest son was Robert Hobart (1836–1928), a Liberal MP from 1906 to 1910, created a baronet in 1914.

References

  1. ^ History of Parliament Online: Members 1754-1780 - HOBART, Hon. George (1731-1804) - Author: John Brooke
  2. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13390. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  3. ^ FamilySearch Community Trees
  4. ^ a b c d "Hobart, the Hon. Henry Lewis (HBRT793HL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ a b Victoria County History - Staffordshire: Vol. 3, Chapter 38: The College of St. Peter, Wolverhampton.
  6. ^ All Saints, Nocton, website: History
  7. ^ "Hobart, Henry Lewis (1798–1828) (CCEd Person ID 31264)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ^ Phillimore, Robert (1895). Phillimore, Walter George Frank (ed.). The Ecclesiastical Law of the Church of England. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). London: Sweet and Maxwell; Stevens and Sons. p. 172. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  9. ^ Phillimore and Phillimore. p. 174.
  10. ^ Phillimore and Phillimore. p. 183.
  11. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1840 Page 113
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