Henry William Wilberforce 1807 - 1873
Henry William Wilberforce , 3rd son. Roman Catholic.He entered Oriel College, Oxford, in 1826, becoming a pupil of Newman; and after taking a brilliant degree became a law-student at Lincoln Inn. Newman persuaded him to leave the law for the Church, and in 1834 he took Anglican orders, becoming successively curate of Bransgrove, Hampshire (1834), vicar of Walmer (1841), and vicar of East Farleigh, Kent (1843). On 15 Sept., 1850, he and his wife were received into the Catholic Church. He then devoted himself to journalism, being proprietor and editor of the "Catholic Standard", afterwards known as the "Weekly Register", from 1854 to 1863. His works were: "The Parochial System", London, 1838; "Reasons for Submitting to the Catholic Church", London, 1851, a pamphlet which ran through several editions and led to much controversy; "Proselytism in Ireland" (London, 1852); "Essay on Some Events preparatory to the English Reformation" (London, 1867); and "The Church and the Empires" (London, 1874). His wife was Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Sargent; they had five sons and four daughters, 4 of whom died between 1841 and 1853..
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| Born: Clapham, London, , , England 22nd Sep 1807 | Baptised:
| | Died: Stroud, Gloucs., , England 23rd Apr 1873 | Buried:
| | Family: Wilberforce |
Timeline
| 22nd Sep 1807 | Born (birth) London, England | | 24th Jul 1834 | Married Mary Sargent
(Wilberforce ) 1810 - 1878 (marriage) Woolavington, Sussex, England | | 31st Mar 1851 | Brother in 1851 census (census) Ripon | | 1871 | Brother in 1871 census (census) Bray, Berks., England | | 23rd Apr 1873 | Died (death) Stroud, Gloucs., England |
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