# Henry Moberly

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For the Canadian fur trader, see [Henry John Moberly](/source/Henry_John_Moberly).

**Henry Edward Moberly** (11 December 1822 at [Madras](/source/Madras) – 22 September 1907 at [Winchester](/source/Winchester), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire)) was an English cleric and school housemaster. As an amateur [cricketer](/source/Cricket), he played from 1842 to 1845.

## Life

The eldest son of Lt-Col. Henry Moberly of Madras, Moberly was educated at [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College) and [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College,_Oxford).[1] He played for [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club), making 10 known appearances.[2]

Moberly matriculated at New College in 1841, graduating B.A. in 1845, and was a Fellow there from 1841 to 1860. He was [ordained](/source/Ordained) as a Church of England priest and became Dean of Divinity at New College in 1851, bursar in 1853 and sub-warden in 1856.[3] He taught at Winchester College 1859–80 and founded one of the oldest boarding houses at Winchester, still known formally as Moberly's.[4] He then became a parish priest and was [vicar](/source/Vicar_(anglicanism)) of [Heckfield](/source/Heckfield), Hampshire, 1880–83 and [rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of St Michael's, Winchester, from 1883.[3]

F. D. How included Moberly in the 1904 book *Six Great Schoolmasters*.[5]

## References

1. J.B. Wainewright, *Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register* (P. and G. Wells, Winchester 1907), [p. 37](https://archive.org/details/winchestercolleg00wincuoft/page/36/mode/2up) (Internet Archive).

1. [CricketArchive](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37334/37334.html). Retrieved on 17 November 2008.

1. ["Winchester College - Boarding House, B. Moberly's (Toye's)"](http://www.winchestercollege.org/toyes)

1. ["Review of *Six Great Schoolmasters* by F. D. How"](https://books.google.com/books?id=MW0vAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA102). *The Athenaeum*. '***(4031): 102. January 28, 1905.***

## External links

- [CricketArchive profile](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37334/37334.html)

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