Waller Hobson

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.

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.

References
  1. "Hobson, Edward Waller". Who's Who. 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, January 28, 1874
  3. "Hobson, Ven. Edward Waller" . Thoms Irish Whos 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, September 4, 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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