Walter Hobhouse

Walter Hobhouse,^[1] DD (5 April, 1862 – 30 October, 1928) was an eminent Anglican priest^[2] and author^[3] in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The 2nd son of Bishop Edmund Hobhouse^[4] he was born on 5 April 1862 and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He was Fellow and Lecturer of Hertford College, Oxford from1884 to 1887; and then a Student ^[5] and Tutor of Christ Church, Oxford from 1887^[6] to 1894. He was Headmaster of Durham School^[7] from 1894 to 1899; Editor of The Guardian^[8] from 1900^[9] to 1905; Chancellor of St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham from 1905 to 1913; Archdeacon of Aston from 1912 to 1913; and Archdeacon of Gloucester^[10] from 1917^[11] to 1919.

He died on 30 October 1928.^[12]

References

1. NPG details
2. ‘HOBHOUSE, Rev. Walter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 8 April 2013
3. Amongst others he wrote "Theory and Practice of Ancient Education", 1885; "The Spiritual Standard", 1896; "Otium Didascali", 1898; "The Church and the World in Idea and in History", 1909) > British Library web site accessed 11:19 GMT Monday 8 April 2011
4. National Library of New Zealand
5. A Student at Christ Church is what elsewhere is called a Fellow
6. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 11 May 1887; pg. 9; Issue 32069
7. School web site
8. Not to be confused with The Manchester Guardian
9. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Thursday, 25 January 1900; pg. 6; Issue 36048
10. National Archives
11. WALTER HOBHOUSE (Archdeacon of Gloucester) The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 10 July 1917; pg. 9; Issue 41526
12. The Rev. Dr. Walter Hobhouse. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 1 November 1928; pg. 16; Issue 45039