Thomas Henry Archer Houblon was an

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in the early 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 9 October 1849 at

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. He was the son of Rev. Thomas Archer Houblon MA, sometime

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Peasemore Peasemore is a village and civil parish in the English ceremonial and historic county of Berkshire in the West Berkshire unitary authority area, west of the A34 road and north of the town of Newbury. Geography Peasemore is a small community wit ...

and his wife, Eleanor Deedes; and grandson of John Archer Houblon of

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in Berkshire and Hallingbury Place in

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John Houblon Sir John Houblon (13 March 1632 – 10 January 1712) was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697. Early life John Houblon was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean ...

, the Governor of the

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, was his ancestral uncle. He was educated at

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and Christ Church. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1874 and was

Curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

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until his appointment to his father's old parish at

in 1876. He was

from 1881 until"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 1903 and then

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until his retirement in 1921. He died on 23 November 1933.

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1849 births 1933 deaths People educated at Radley College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Archdeacons of Oxford People from West Berkshire District People from Wantage {{Christianity-bio-stub