Sir Philip Hoby, 5th Baronet ( – 29 June 1766) was a clergyman in the

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...

during the 18th century.

Biography

His elder brother was

Sir Thomas Hoby, 4th Baronet Sir Thomas Hoby, 4th Baronet (after 17061 June 1744), of Bisham, Berkshire, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England f ...

(–1744), MP for Great Marlow like their great-grandfather,

Peregrine Hoby Peregrine Hoby (1 September 1602 – 6 May 1679), was an English landowner and member of parliament who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679. Early life Hoby was the illegitimate son and heir of Sir Edward Hoby of ...

. Hoby was educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. He was Prebendary of Kilmactalway at

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Saint Patrick's Cathedral ( ir, Ard-Eaglais Naomh Pádraig) in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland ca ...

from 1743 to 1748; and

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there from 1748. He was Dean of Ardfert from 1748 until his death. Upon his death on 29 June 1766, the baronetcy became extinct."A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie, Volume 2" Murdoch, B. p458:

Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...

; James Barnes; 1866

References

1716 births 1766 deaths Deans of Ardfert Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Baronets in the Baronetage of England 18th-century Irish Anglican priests {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub