Waller Hobson

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Edward Waller Hobson (5 December 1851 – 17 April 1924) was an Irish Anglican clergyman.[1]

Hobson was educated at the Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts;[2][3] and ordained in 1877[4] After a curacy in Kingstown he held incumbencies at Moy,[5] Derryloran and Portadown.[6] He also held chaplaincy roles to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Lord Primate of All Ireland. He became Archdeacon of Armagh in 1915, a post he held until his death. At the same time as his appointment as archdeacon, he was appointed the librarian to the Armagh Public Library.[3]

Personal life[]

Hobson was the son of Canon John Meade Hobson.[citation needed]

On 11 June 1891 Hobson married Frances Maria Hall-Dare, daughter of Robert Westley Hall-Dare and Frances Anne Catharine Lambart.[7] They had no children.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hobson, Edward Waller". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 24 December 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. ^ 'LATEST NEWS' Freeman's Journal(Dublin, Ireland), Wednesday, 28 January 1874
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Hobson, Ven. Edward Waller" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 111  – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 687 Oxford: OUP, 1929
  5. ^ 'THE CHURCH OF IRELAND' The Belfast News Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Thursday, 4 September 1884; Issue 21565
  6. ^ thePeerage.com
  7. ^ ‘Armagh clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c’ by James B. Leslie, 1911, Dundalk : W. Tempest.


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