Charles Henry Bromby (11 July 181414 April 1907) was the

Anglican Bishop of Tasmania The Bishop of Tasmania is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, Australia. List of Bishops of Tasmania John Vernon Kestell Cornish (13 October 193126 January 1982) was consecrated 19 May 1979 at St George's Cathed ...

from 1864 to 1882. __NOTOC__

Early life

Bromby was the second son of John Healey Bromby (a priest) and brother of

John Edward Bromby John Edward Bromby (23 May 1809 – 4 March 1889) was an Australian schoolmaster and Anglican cleric. Bromby was born in Hull, England, the son of the Reverend John Healey Bromby and his wife Jane, ''née'' Amis. His brother was Charles Henry Br ...

. He was born in

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, England. He was educated at

Hull Grammar School Hull Grammar School was a secondary school in Hull, England, founded around 1330 and endowed in 1479 by the prelate John Alcock. In 1988, as part of a restructure by the Local Education Authority, the site was renamed William Gee School. Meanw ...

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and

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, where he graduated BA in 1837 with third-class honours in classics, MA in 1840 and DD in 1864.

Career

Bromby was made deacon in

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in 1838 and served as curate at

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from 1838 to 1839; and was ordained priest in 1839 in

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and was headmaster of

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Grammar School from 1839. In 1843 Bromby was appointed vicar at St Paul's,

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, and was joint-founder and principal of the Cheltenham training college for teachers 1843–1864. He published ''The Sorrows of Bethany and other Sermons'' (1846), which was followed by ''The Pupil Teacher's English Grammar'' (1848), and a volume on ''Liturgy and Church History'' (1852), the third edition of this appeared in 1862 under the title of ''Church Students' Manual''. In 1864 he was appointed Bishop of Tasmania, the last Colonial bishop to be nominated by the crown, and was consecrated on St Peter's day 1864, by

Charles Longley Charles Thomas Longley (28 July 1794 – 27 October 1868) was a bishop in the Church of England. He served as Bishop of Ripon, Bishop of Durham, Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1862 until his death. Life He was born at Roc ...

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. In 1868, when the question of the abolishing of state aid to religion was dealt with, Bromby was largely responsible for the passing of the commutation act which resulted in the Church of England in Tasmania receiving about £60,000 as a perpetual endowment instead of the former yearly payments. Early in 1869 a contract was made for the building of the nave of

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, and the cathedral was consecrated in 1874, Bromby himself acting as Dean from 1874 to 1876. In 1880 he visited England, and in 1882 resigned his see. His episcopate was marked by the building of several new churches and a great increase in the number of clergy. Bromby returned to England and became rector of Shrawardine-cum-Montford (1882–1887), and assistant-bishop of Lichfield (1882–1891). He was also warden of St John's Hospital, Lichfield (1887–1891). He then became assistant Bishop of Bath and Wells until he resigned in 1900 at the age of 86. He lived in retirement with his son,

Henry Bromby Henry Bodley Bromby (1840-1911) was the second Dean of Hobart, serving from 1877 to 1884. Early life and education Bromby was born into an ecclesiastical family. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. Ordained ministry Bromby was ordained ...

, at

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, and died there on 14 April 1907.

Legacy

Bromby also published several sermons and addresses in pamphlet form. He married in 1839 Mary Anne, daughter of a Dr Bodley of Brighton, and there were several children. The eldest son, Henry Bodley Bromby (1840–1911) became dean of

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

in 1876, and the second son Charles Hamilton was in the Tasmanian government. The Tasmanian synod founded a studentship in Bromby's memory in 1910.

References

*Herbert H. Condon,
Bromby, Charles Henry (1814 - 1907)
, ''

Australian Dictionary of Biography The ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's ...

'', Volume 3, MUP, 1969, pp 240–241. *

External links

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