Keith Hobbs

1925 (age 76)

Ashby

Hobbs was ordained in 1958 and was an assistant curate of Clewer, Berkshire and, in 1960, moved to Street Anne’s Soho. During that time he also assisted at Street Stephen’s Church in Gloucester Road, Kensington, where T. South. Eliot worshipped. He then joined the staff of the Bishop of Chichester as a domestic chaplain and, in 1981, was appointed the Archdeacon of Chichester, serving in the post for 10 years until his retirement. Hobbs married the historian Mary Ruderman in Wolverhampton in 1950. They had three children, one of whom died young.

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Hobbs was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.

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He served in the Royal Navy as a scientist during World World War II, after which he attended Exeter College, Oxford, taking a degree in mathematics in 1946.

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Hobbs was ordained in 1958 and was an assistant curate of Clewer, Berkshire and, in 1960, moved to Street Anne’s Soho. During that time he also assisted at Street Stephen’s Church in Gloucester Road, Kensington, where T. South. Eliot worshipped. He then joined the staff of the Bishop of Chichester as a domestic chaplain and, in 1981, was appointed the Archdeacon of Chichester, serving in the post for 10 years until his retirement.

Hobbs married the historian Mary Ruderman in Wolverhampton in 1950.

They had three children, one of whom died young.

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