Henry Bromby
The Very Rev Henry Bodley Bromby[1] (1840-1911[2]) was the second Dean of Hobart, serving from 1877 to 1884.[3]
Born into an ecclesiastical family,[4] Bromby was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge and ordained in 1864[5] He was Canon of St David's Cathedral, Hobart from 1865 to 1868, and 1870 to 1877; incumbent of St. Johns, Hobart, from 1868 to 1873; incumbent of the cathedral parish of Hobart from 1873 to 1884; and Dean until his return to England, where he was Vicar of St Peter, Coggeshall[6] then St. John the Evangelist, Bethnal Green[7] (also Rural Dean of Spitalfields)[8] and finally Vicar of All Saints, Clifton.[9]
He died on 20 December 1911. he is buried in the churchyard of St George Easton In Gordano his grave is marked by a cross with a figure of jesus.
References
- ↑ Photo of Bromby
- ↑ Canon H. B. Bromby. The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 22, 1911; pg. 9; Issue 39775
- ↑ Tasmanian Anglican
- ↑ His father was a future Bishop of Tasmania
- ↑ UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, May 28, 1864; Issue 5796
- ↑ District News The Essex Standard, West Suffolk Gazette, and Eastern Counties' Advertiser (Colchester, England), Saturday, February 21, 1885; pg. 2; Issue 2828
- ↑ EOLFHS
- ↑ The Pulpit The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Saturday, April 11, 1896; Issue 14951
- ↑ Court Circular. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 26, 1907; pg. 6; Issue 38474
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| Preceded by Frederick Holdship Cox |
Dean of Hobart 1877 – 1884 |
Succeeded by Charles Leslie Dundas |