Charles James Hoare (14 July 1781 in
London – 15 January 1865 in
Godstone) was an evangelical
Church of England clergyman,
archdeacon of Surrey
The Archdeaconry of Surrey is the ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Surrey, a subdivision of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury.
History
The whole archdeaconry was historically in the d ...
.
Life
Charles James Hoare was third son of the banker
Henry Hoare (1750–1828), a partner in
Hoare's Bank
C. Hoare & Co., also known as Hoares, is a British private bank, founded in 1672 by Sir Richard Hoare; it is currently owned and led by the eleventh generation of his direct descendants. It is the second oldest bank in the United Kingdom and rep ...
and one of the founders of the
Church Missionary Society; his mother was Lydia Henrietta (d. 19 July 1816), daughter and coheiress of Isaac Malortie of Hanover and London, merchant.
Hoare was educated under the Rev. John Simons of
St Paul's Cray, Kent, and at
St John's College, Cambridge
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, where he was admitted a Pensioner on 7 May 1799. Here among his friends were
Henry Martyn, the brothers
Charles
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and
Robert Grant, Archdeacon
Thomas Dealtry
The Rt Rev Thomas Dealtry (1795–1861) was an Anglican bishop in the 19th century.
Life
He was born into a poor family in Knottingley in Yorkshire in 1796.
Mainly self-taught, Dealtry worked as an usher in a Doncaster school and then as tu ...
, and
J. W. Cunningham. In 1803 he passed as second
wrangler, second
Smith's prizeman
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, and second classical medallist, graduated B.A. in the same year and M.A. in 1806, and was Seatonian prizeman in 1807.
On 24 March 1806 he was chosen Lady Margaret fellow of his college, and was ordained in 1804 as curate to Dr.
Thomas Rennell
Thomas Rennell (8 February 1754–31 March 1840) was an English churchman, dean of Winchester Cathedral and Master of the Temple.
Life
He was born on 8 February 1754 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, where his father, Thomas Rennell (1720–17 ...
,
dean of Winchester and vicar of
Alton, Hampshire. In 1807 he was appointed vicar of
Blandford Forum
Blandford Forum ( ), commonly Blandford, is a market town in Dorset, England, sited by the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour about northwest of Poole. It was the administrative headquarters of North Dorset District until April 2019, when this ...
,
Dorsetshire, where he won numerous friends. He removed to the family living of
Godstone, near
Reigate,
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
, in March 1821, which he held for the remainder of his life. In 1829 he became
rural dean of South-east Ewell, on 10 Nov. in the same year
Archdeacon of Winchester, and on 2 Dec. 1831 a canon residentiary of
Winchester Cathedral.
He interested himself in the defence of the
Irish church, the maintenance of cathedral establishments in their integrity, and the cause of education. He was a great supporter of religious societies, and held a yearly missionary gathering at Godstone vicarage. On 14 Nov. 1847 he was transferred to the archdeaconry of Surrey. He chiefly directed his energies to providing further church accommodation for the populous districts on the south side of London. Among his more intimate acquaintances were
Hannah More, Wilberforce, the Thorntons, Venn, Macaulay, and Simeon. He resigned his archdeaconry in 1860. He died at Godstone vicarage on 15 January 1865, and was buried in a vault in the churchyard on 21 January.
He married, on 4 July 1811, Jane Isabella, only daughter of Richard Holden of Moorgate, Yorkshire. She died on 15 Nov. 1874, having had seven children.
Works
* ''The Shipwreck of St. Paul. A Seatonian Prize Poem'', 1808; another edition 1860.
* ''Thoughts suited to the Present Crisis, in three Sermons preached for National Schools'', 1820.
* ''Sermons on the Christian Character, with Occasional Discourses'', 1821.
* ''The Course of Divine Judgments, eight Lectures on the Impending Pestilence'', 1832.
* ''The Prebendary or Cathedral Establishments, Ancient and Modern'', 1837, 1838, 2 parts.
* ''Remains of C. J. Paterson'', ed. by C. J. Hoare, 1838.
* ''A Letter to the Bishop of London on the Cathedral Question'', 1840.
* ''The Holy Scriptures, their Nature, Authority, and Use'', 1845; second ed. 1857.
* ''Baptism, or the Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants scripturally illustrated'', 1848.
* ''Church Rates, the Question of the Day, considered'', 1856.
References
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1781 births
1865 deaths
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
19th-century English Anglican priests
Archdeacons of Surrey
Archdeacons of Winchester (ancient)
Second Wranglers