Hoby, James

Education

Student United College 1824-1825 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Ethics; Chem.

Birth/childhood

Born London c. 1788 son of George Hoby, bookmaker to George III.

Career

Studied Bristol Baptist College.

Probably the man who was a Baptist minister at St Andrews, Derby , Weymouth and elsewhere. [Minister]

Chairman of the Baptist Union 1851 and 1854.

Publication.

The Baptists in America...by the Rev. F.A. Cox and the Rev. J. Hoby. (New York: Leavitt, Lord & Co., 1836)

Death

Died 20.11.1871.

Sources

  • Chalmers, Class list, New College CHA6.14.1-4
  • Edinburgh, New College CHA4.44.47, CHA4.76.16, CHA4.108.13
  • E. A. Payne, The Baptist Union, 1959 p257etc
  • Dict. Evang. Biog.