George Moberly English

England

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 divine, was educated at Winchester

Winchester College

Winchester College is an independent school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire, the former capital of England. It has existed in its present location for over 600 years and claims the longest unbroken history of any school in England...

 and Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....

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After a distinguished academic career he became head master of Winchester in 1835. This post he resigned in 1866, and retired to the Rectory of St. Mary's Church, Brighstone

St. Mary's Church, Brighstone

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, Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

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, he was also a Canon

Canon (priest)

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 of Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral

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. Mr Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

, however, in 1869 called him to be Bishop of Salisbury

Bishop of Salisbury

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, in which see he kept up the traditions of his predecessors, Bishops Hamilton

Walter Kerr Hamilton

Walter Kerr Hamilton was the Anglican Bishop of Salisbury from 27 March 1854 to 1 August 1869.He was born in 1808, educated at Eton College, tutored by Thomas Arnold, and then attended Christ Church College, University of Oxford, where he took a first class degree in Greats. He was elected to a...

 and Denison

Edward Denison

Edward Denison was an English philanthropist, known for his self-denying benevolent labours in the East End of London and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1870....

, his chief addition being the summoning of a diocesan synod

Synod

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Though Moberly left Oxford at the beginning of the Oxford Movement

Oxford Movement

The Oxford Movement was a movement of High Church Anglicans, eventually developing into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose members were often associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of lost Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy...

, he fell under its influence: the more so that at Winchester he formed a most intimate friendship with Keble

John Keble

John Keble was an English churchman and poet, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, and gave his name to Keble College, Oxford.-Early life:...

, spending several weeks every year at Otterbourne

Otterbourne

Otterbourne is a village in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately four miles south of Winchester and eight miles north of Southampton. In October 2002, its population was approximately 1,520, and there were 602 dwellings....

, the next parish to Hursley.

Moberly, however, retained his independence of thought, and in 1872 he astonished his High Church

High church

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 friends by joining in the movement for the disuse of the damnatory clauses in the Athanasian Creed

Athanasian Creed

The Athanasian Creed is a Christian statement of belief, focusing on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology. The Latin name of the creed, Quicumque vult, is taken from the opening words, "Whosoever wishes." The Athanasian Creed has been used by Christian churches since the sixth century...

. His chief contribution to theology is his Bampton Lectures

Bampton Lectures

The Bampton Lectures at the University of Oxford, England, were founded by a bequest of John Bampton,. They have taken place since 1780.They were a series of annual lectures; since the turn of the 20th century they have typically been biennial. They continue to concentrate on Christian theological...

 of 1868, on The Administration of the Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ.

His daughter Charlotte Anne Moberly

Charlotte Anne Moberly

Charlotte Anne Moberly was an English academic. She was the daughter of George Moberly, and was made the first Principal of St. Hugh's College, Oxford...

 became the first principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford

St Hugh's College, Oxford

St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It is located on a fourteen and a half acre site on St Margaret's Road, to the North of the city centre. It was founded in 1886 as a women's college, and accepted its first male students in its centenary year in 1986...

, and co-authored under the pen name "Elisabeth Morison" An Adventure (1911), in which she relates her purported encounter

Moberly-Jourdain incident

The Moberly–Jourdain incident, or the Ghosts of Petit Trianon or Versailles was an event that occurred on 10 August 1901 in the gardens of the Petit Trianon, involving two female academics, Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain...

 with the ghost of Marie-Antoinette in the gardens of the Petit Trianon

Petit Trianon

The Petit Trianon is a small château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France.-Design and construction:...

in 1901.

He died on 6 July 1885.

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