Hemming Robeson

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Hemming Robeson was an eminent Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [1]

Robeson was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, the only son of William Henry Robeson. [2] He was educated at Cheltenham College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he matriculated in November 1850, aged 17. [3] He was ordained deacon in 1857 [4] and priest in 1858. [5] After a curacy at Bray, Berkshire from 1857 to 1862, he was vicar of Forthampton, Gloucestershire until 1874, then vicar of Mildenhall, Suffolk until 1877. [6] Later in his career, he was vicar of Tewkesbury from 1877 to 1892, then Archdeacon of Bristol from 1892 to [7] 1904, and finally Archdeacon of North Wilts from 1904 to 1909. [8]

His children included at least three sons: Arthur (the eldest), and Herbert (third son), both born during his incumbency at Forthampton, also went up to Oxford. [2]

He died on 16 June 1912.

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References

  1. ↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence, The Times (London, England), Monday, 27 May 1907; pg. 3; Issue 38343 "presented with a handsomely bound prayer book by his rural deans"
  2. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Robeson, Hemming"  . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ↑ ‘ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE’ The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Monday, 21 March 1853; Issue 26907
  4. ↑ ‘GENERAL ORDINATIONS’ The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, 10 June 1857; pg. 6; Issue 26035
  5. ↑ "GENERAL ORDINATIONS" Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, 5 June 1858; Issue 5484
  6. ↑ 'Multiple News Items’ Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Friday, 4 May 1877; pg. 6; Issue 1658
  7. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  8. ↑ ‘ ROBESON, Ven. Hemming’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 29 April 2013


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