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.
References edit
- ^ 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"
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ ‘ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE’ The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Monday, 21 March 1853; Issue 26907
- ^ ‘GENERAL ORDINATIONS’ The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, 10 June 1857; pg. 6; Issue 26035
- ^ "GENERAL ORDINATIONS" Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, 5 June 1858; Issue 5484
- ^ 'Multiple News Items’ Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Friday, 4 May 1877; pg. 6; Issue 1658
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ ‘ 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
