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George Moberly (10 October 1803 – 6 July 1885) was an English cleric who was headmaster of
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, and then served as
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from 1869 until his death.


Life

He was born in
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in 1803, the seventh son of Edward Moberly, merchant, and his wife, Sarah Cayley, and educated at
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. He matriculated at
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in 1822, and graduating B.A. 1825, and M.A. 1828. He was a Fellow of Balliol from 1826 to 1834. He was ordained deacon in 1826, and priest in 1828. Moberly married Mary Anne Crokat on 22 December 1834 at South Cadbury, Somerset. After his academic career he became headmaster of Winchester in 1835. This post Moberly resigned in 1866, and retired to the Rectory of St. Mary's Church, Brighstone, Isle of Wight, he was also a
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of
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. The Prime Minister
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, however, in 1869 called him to be
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, in which see he kept up the traditions of his predecessors, Bishops
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and Denison, his chief addition being the summoning of a diocesan
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. Though Moberly left Oxford at the beginning of the
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, he fell under its influence: the more so that at Winchester he formed a most intimate friendship with
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, spending several weeks every year at
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, the next parish to Hursley. Moberly, however, retained his independence of thought, and in 1872 he astonished his
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friends by joining in the movement for the disuse of the damnatory clauses in the
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. His chief contribution to theology is his
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of 1868, on ''The Administration of the Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ''. He died on 6 July 1885.


Family

Moberly married in 1834 Mary Anne Crokat, daughter of Thomas Crokat of Leghorn. There were 15 children of the marriage, eight daughters and seven sons. Five sons and seven daughters survived their father. The children included: *Alice Arbuthnot Moberly (1835-1911) * George Herbert Moberly (1837–1895), the eldest son. *Mary Louisa Moberly (1838-1859), the third child, married George Ridding. *Edith Emily Moberly (1839-1901) *Arthur Moberly (1840-1858), second son. *Dora Frances Moberly (1842-1926), married Rev. Charles Martin. William Keble Martin, the
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, was one of their sons. *Elspeth Catherine Moberly (1843-1938) *Frances Emily Moberly (1844-1921), married
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. *
Robert Campbell Moberly Robert Campbell Moberly (26 July 1845 – 8 June 1903) was an English theologian and the first principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford (1876–1878). Life He was the son of George Moberly, Bishop of Salisbury, and faithfully maintained the tradi ...
(1845–1903), was the third son. *
Charlotte Anne Moberly Charlotte Anne Elizabeth Moberly (1846–1937) was an English academic, and first Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford. Her claimed time-travel book ''An Adventure'', written in 1911 with fellow academic Eleanor Jourdain, became a bestselle ...
(1846–1937), the tenth child, became the first principal of
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, and was involved in the Moberly-Jourdain incident. * John Cornelius Moberly (1848–1948), was the fourth son. *Edward Hugh Moberly (1849-1922), son, was a cleric. *Walter Allan Moberly (1851-1905), the sixth son, was Vicar of Sydenham. In 1892 he married Hilda Burrows, a grand-daughter of General Montagu Burrows, but she died in 1893. *Margaret Helen Moberly (1852-1939), married Charles Henry Awdry. *Selwyn William Moberly (1854-1871) His great-grandson, Dick Milford, was a
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who was involved in the founding of
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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moberly, George 1803 births 1885 deaths People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Bishops of Salisbury Headmasters of Winchester College 19th-century Anglican theologians