Charles Bromby
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Charles Henry Bromby (11 July 1814 – 14 April 1907) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania from 1864 to 1882.
Early life
[edit]Bromby was the second son of John Healey Bromby (a priest) and brother of John Edward Bromby. He was born in Hull, England.[1]
Career
[edit]Bromby was made deacon in Lichfield in 1838 and served as curate at Chesterfield from 1838 to 1839; and was ordained priest in 1839 in York and was headmaster of Stepney Grammar School from 1839.[1]
Bromby returned to England and became rector of Shrawardine-cum-Montford (1882–1887), and assistant-bishop of Lichfield (1882–1891).
Legacy
[edit]His second son Charles Hamilton was in the Tasmanian government. The Tasmanian synod founded a studentship in Bromby's memory in 1910.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Bromby, Charles Henry (BRMY833CH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
External links
[edit]- Herbert H. Condon, 'Bromby, Charles Henry (1814–1907)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, MUP, 1969, pp 240–241.
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Bromby, Charles Henry". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
- Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
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