Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameThe Ven Robert Isaac WILBERFORCE, 8770
Birth1802, Clapham, Surrey
Death1857
EducationOriel College Oxford
FatherWilliam WILBERFORCE , 7856 (1759-1833)
MotherBarbara SPOONER , 8766 (1771-1847)
Spouses
1Agnes WRANGHAM, 8899
Death1834
Marriage1832
Children William Francis , 8924 (1833-1905)
Edward , 8925 (1834-1914)
2Jane LEGARD, 8929
Marriage1837
Notes for The Ven Robert Isaac WILBERFORCE
Robert Isaac Wilberforce (19 December 1802 – 3 February 1857) was an English clergyman and writer.
]Early life and education
He was second son of abolitionist William Wilberforce, and active in the Oxford Movement. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, taking a double first in 1823.
Career
In 1826, he was chosen fellow of Oriel and was ordained, among his friends and colleagues being Newman, Pusey and Keble. For a few years he was one of the tutors at Oriel. The provost Edward Hawkins disliked his religious views, and in 1831 Wilberforce resigned and left Oxford. In 1832 he obtained the living of East Farleigh, Kent, which in 1840 he exchanged for that of Burton Agnes, near Hull.
In 1841, he was appointed archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire. About this time Wilberforce became close with Henry Manning, and they exchanged many letters on theological and ecclesiastical questions. They were deeply involved in re-examining the relationship between the Church of England and Roman Catholicism.
In 1851, Manning joined the Roman Catholic Church, and three years later Wilberforce took the same step. He was preparing for his ordination when he died at Albano on 3 February 1857. He is buried in Rome at the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, near the Pantheon. His tomb is situated just outside the right transept of the church. Wilberforce was pre-deceased by his first wife Agnes Everilda Frances Wrangham (1800–1834) and second wife Jane Legard (d. 1854).
He was survived by two sons, William Francis Wilberforce (1833–1905), Vicar of Brodsworth, and Edward Wilberforce (1834–1914), who became one of the masters of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Edward's son Lionel Robert Wilberforce (1861–1944) was in 1900 appointed professor of physics in the University of Liverpool, and his other children were:
Sir Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce, Barrister (1864–1941)
Alexander (Alex) Basil Edward Wilberforce (1867–1902)
Evelyn Agnes Fannie Wilberforce (1872–1954)
R. I. Wilberforce assisted his brother, Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce (1805–1873) to write the Life and to edit the Correspondence of his father.[1]
]Early life and education
He was second son of abolitionist William Wilberforce, and active in the Oxford Movement. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, taking a double first in 1823.
Career
In 1826, he was chosen fellow of Oriel and was ordained, among his friends and colleagues being Newman, Pusey and Keble. For a few years he was one of the tutors at Oriel. The provost Edward Hawkins disliked his religious views, and in 1831 Wilberforce resigned and left Oxford. In 1832 he obtained the living of East Farleigh, Kent, which in 1840 he exchanged for that of Burton Agnes, near Hull.
In 1841, he was appointed archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire. About this time Wilberforce became close with Henry Manning, and they exchanged many letters on theological and ecclesiastical questions. They were deeply involved in re-examining the relationship between the Church of England and Roman Catholicism.
In 1851, Manning joined the Roman Catholic Church, and three years later Wilberforce took the same step. He was preparing for his ordination when he died at Albano on 3 February 1857. He is buried in Rome at the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, near the Pantheon. His tomb is situated just outside the right transept of the church. Wilberforce was pre-deceased by his first wife Agnes Everilda Frances Wrangham (1800–1834) and second wife Jane Legard (d. 1854).
He was survived by two sons, William Francis Wilberforce (1833–1905), Vicar of Brodsworth, and Edward Wilberforce (1834–1914), who became one of the masters of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Edward's son Lionel Robert Wilberforce (1861–1944) was in 1900 appointed professor of physics in the University of Liverpool, and his other children were:
Sir Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce, Barrister (1864–1941)
Alexander (Alex) Basil Edward Wilberforce (1867–1902)
Evelyn Agnes Fannie Wilberforce (1872–1954)
R. I. Wilberforce assisted his brother, Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce (1805–1873) to write the Life and to edit the Correspondence of his father.[1]