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Anglican priest and Archdeacan of Bodmin

The Ven. Reginald Hobhouse, MA (18 March 1818 – 27 January 1895), was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1878 to 1892.

Early life

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, Cornwall, where he was to remain until his death on 27 January 1895. Hobhouse was active in the campaign for a modern bishop of Cornwall and was the author of a pamphlet "The Cornish Bishopric" (1860)

Family

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.

Notes

CHURCH NEWS .The Standard (London, England), Monday, July 08, 1878; pg. 3; Issue 16835. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1895; pg. 7; Issue 34486
^ Brown, H. Miles (1976) A Century for Cornwall. Truro: Blackford; pp. 18 & 26
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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE . Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, March 23, 1844; pg. 6; Issue 1077. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
DEATH OF ARCHDEACON HOBHOUSE. The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Wednesday, January 30, 1895; pg. ; Issue 5075. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
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Church of England titles
Preceded byInaugural appointment	Archdeacon of Bodmin 1878–1892	Succeeded byHenry Houssemayne Du Boulay

v t e Archdeacons of Bodmin
Reginald Hobhouse Henry Du Boulay Montague Williamson William Rigg John Wellington William Prior Arthur Williams Conrad Meyer John Wingfield George Temple Rodney Whiteman Clive Cohen Audrey Elkington Kelly Betteridge

v t e Diocese of Truro
Truro Cathedral Lis Escop, Feock Diocesan House, Truro
Office holders	David Williams, Bishop-designate of Truro and Bishop suffragan of Basingstoke Hugh Nelson, Bishop suffragan of St Germans and Bishop to the Forces; acting diocesan bishop AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Simon Robinson, Dean of Truro Kelly Betteridge, Archdeacon of Bodmin Clive Hogger, Archdeacon of Cornwall

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