Hemming Robeson was an eminent Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1]
Robeson was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, the only son of William Henry Robeson.[2] He was educated at Cheltenham College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he matriculated in November 1850, aged 17.[3] He was ordained deacon in 1857[4] and priest in 1858.[5] After a curacy at Bray, Berkshire from 1857 to 1862, he was vicar of Forthampton, Gloucestershire until 1874, then vicar of Mildenhall, Suffolk until 1877.[6] Later in his career, he was vicar of Tewkesbury from 1877 to 1892, then Archdeacon of Bristol from 1892 to[7] 1904, and finally Archdeacon of North Wilts from 1904 to 1909.[8]
His children included at least three sons: Arthur (the eldest), and Herbert (third son), both born during his incumbency at Forthampton, also went up to Oxford.[2]
He died on 16 June 1912.
