George Moberly

The Right Reverend

George Moberly
The Right Reverend; George Moberly
Bishop of Salisbury
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Salisbury
In office	1869–1885
Predecessor	Walter Kerr Hamilton
Successor	John Wordsworth
Personal details
Born	10 October 1803; St Petersburg, Russia
Died	6 July 1885 (aged 81)
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Mary Anne Crokat (1812-1890)
Education	Winchester College
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

George Moberly (10 October 1803 – 6 July 1885) was an English cleric who was headmaster of Winchester College, and then served as Bishop of Salisbury from 1869 until his death.

Life[]

He was born in St Petersburg, Russia in 1803, the seventh son of Edward Moberly, merchant, and his wife, Sarah Cayley, and educated at Winchester College.^[1] He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, matriculating in 1822, and graduating B.A. 1825, and M.A. 1828. He was a Fellow of Balliol from 1826 to 1834.^[2] He was ordained deacon in 1826, and priest in 1828.^[3]

Moberly married Mary Anne Crokat on 22 December 1834 at Oxford. After his academic career he became headmaster of Winchester in 1835.

This post Moberly resigned in 1866, and retired to the Rectory of St. Mary's Church, Brighstone, Isle of Wight,^[4] he was also a Canon of Chester Cathedral.^[5] The Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, however, in 1869 called him to be Bishop of Salisbury,^[6] in which see he kept up the traditions of his predecessors, Bishops Hamilton and Denison, his chief addition being the summoning of a diocesan synod.^[7]

Though Moberly left Oxford at the beginning of the Oxford Movement, he fell under its influence: the more so that at Winchester he formed a most intimate friendship with Keble, spending several weeks every year at Otterbourne, the next parish to Hursley.

Moberly, however, retained his independence of thought, and in 1872 he astonished his High Church friends by joining in the movement for the disuse of the damnatory clauses in the Athanasian Creed. His chief contribution to theology is his Bampton Lectures of 1868, on The Administration of the Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ.^[7] He died on 6 July 1885.^[8]

Family[]

Moberly married in 1834 Mary Crokat, daughter of Thomas Crokat of Leghorn. There were 15 children of the marriage, eight daughters and seven sons.^[1] Five sons and seven daughters survived their father.^[9] The children included:

Mary Louisa, the third child, married George Ridding.^[10]
Robert Campbell Moberly (1845–1903), was the third son.^[11]
Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846–1937), the tenth child, became the first principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, and was involved in the Moberly-Jourdain incident.
John Cornelius Moberly was the fourth son.^[12]
Edward Hugh Moberly (born c.1850), son, was a cleric.^[13]
Walter Allan Moberly, a cleric, was the sixth son.^[14]

His great-grandson, Dick Milford, was a clergyman and educator who was involved in the founding of Oxfam.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Rowell, Geoffrey. "Moberly, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18862. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)</ref
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Moberly, George" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ "Moberly, George (1826–1828) (CCEd Person ID 36820)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Three famous men of Brighstone" Sibley,P Brighstone, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Brighstone ISBN 0-906328-31-4
^ "No. 23552". The London Gazette. 5 November 1869. p. 5911.
^ "No. 23527". The London Gazette. 17 August 1869. p. 4637.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hamilton 1894.
^ "No. 25512". The London Gazette. 18 September 1885. p. 4402.
^ Hamilton, John Andrew (1894). "Moberly, George" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Curthoys, M. C. "Ridding, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35750. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Dennis, Barbara. "Moberly, Robert Campbell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35049. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Moberly, John Cornelius" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Moberly, Edward Hugh" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Moberly, Walter Allan" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

Attribution[]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Moberly, George". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links[]

Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury
"George Moberly - St Peter's Church, Nottingham, England on-line magazine". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2007.

Academic offices
Preceded by David Williams	Headmaster of Winchester College 1835-1866	Succeeded by George Ridding
Church of England titles
Preceded by Walter Hamilton Kerr Hamilton	Bishop of Salisbury 1869–1885	Succeeded by John Wordsworth

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[ODNB-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Rowell, Geoffrey. "Moberly, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18862. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)</ref

[2] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Moberly, George" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

[3] "Moberly, George (1826–1828) (CCEd Person ID 36820)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[4] "Three famous men of Brighstone" Sibley,P Brighstone, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Brighstone ISBN 0-906328-31-4

[5] "No. 23552". The London Gazette. 5 November 1869. p. 5911.

[6] "No. 23527". The London Gazette. 17 August 1869. p. 4637.

[FOOTNOTEHamilton1894-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hamilton 1894.

[8] "No. 25512". The London Gazette. 18 September 1885. p. 4402.

[9] Hamilton, John Andrew (1894). "Moberly, George" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[10] Curthoys, M. C. "Ridding, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35750. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] Dennis, Barbara. "Moberly, Robert Campbell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35049. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Moberly, John Cornelius" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

[13] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Moberly, Edward Hugh" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

[14] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Moberly, Walter Allan" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

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The Right Reverend George Moberly
Bishop of Salisbury

Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Salisbury
In office	1869–1885
Predecessor	Walter Kerr Hamilton
Successor	John Wordsworth
Personal details
Born	(1803-10-10)10 October 1803 St Petersburg, Russia
Died	6 July 1885(1885-07-06) (aged 81)
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Mary Anne Crokat (1812-1890)
Education	Winchester College
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford