| Authorised form of name | Stebbing; Henry (1799 - 1883); author and Church of England clergyman |
| Dates | 1799 - 1883 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
| Date of birth | 26 August 1799 |
| Place of death | St James's parsonage, Hampstead Road, London, England |
| Date of death | 22 September 1883 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Kensal Green cemetery, London, England ( 27 September 1883) |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England; Author |
| Activity | Education:
St. John's College, Cambridge BA; DD
Career:
Ordained deacon (1822); ordained priest (1823); perpetual curate of Ilketshall, St. Lawrence, Suffolk(1824); appointed evening lecturer at St. Mary’s, Bungay (1825); usher at Norwich grammar school (1825-6); moved to London and worked as a bookseller (1827); alternate morning preacher (1829); perpetual curate of St. James, Hampstead Road, London (1836-1857); chaplain to University College Hospital (1834-1879); held the vicarage of Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire (1835); chaplain to Thomas Johnson, Lord Mayor of London (1841); given the rectory of St. Mary Somerset, with St. Mary Mounthaw, in the city of London (1857). |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/04/1845 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| Proposer | William Clift; Richard Owen; Richard Horsman Solly; Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig; Samuel Rogers; George Thomas Staunton; John Barrow; Robert Batty; Henry Ellis; Joseph Smith; Charles Wheatstone; Charles Elliott; John Barrow Jr; Thomas Joseph Pettigrew |
| Relationships | Parents: John Stebbing (d. 1826) and Mary Rede (c.1760–1843).
Spouse: Mary Griffin (1805–1882), a daughter of William Griffin of Norwich (21 December 1824)
Children: Nine children, including Henry Theophilus (1825–1863); Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1835–1926) (FRS ); William Stebbing (1831–1926); Beatrice (later Batty); Grace (fl. 1876–1888). |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44645835 |
| Code | NA1618 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MC/6/181 | Letter from Henry Stebbing, St James's Parsonage, Hampstead Road, to the Royal Society | 21 November 1861 |
| MC/6/3 | Letter from Henry Stebbing, rector of St Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street, St James's Parsonage, Hampstead Road, to Charles Richard Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 11 January 1859 |
| IM/004375 | Stebbing, Henry | nd |
| MC/6/6 | Letter from Henry Stebbing, St James's Parsonage, Hampstead Road, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 29 January 1859 |
| MC/12/354 | Letter from Edward Stebbing, 42 Gower Street, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 24 September 1883 |
| MOB/054 | Silver salver | c.1843 |
| EC/1845/12 | Stebbing, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/004379 | Stebbing, Henry | nd |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/6/359 | Letter from [Henry] Stebbing, St James's Parsonage, Hampstead Road, to [Sir Edward Sabine, William Sharpey, and George Gabriel Stokes], the President and the Secretaries of the Royal Society, and to the Council | 31 October 1853 |
| MC/9/283 | Letter from Henry Stebbing, University College London Hospital, to [William Sharpey and George Gabriel Stokes], Secretaries of the Royal Society | 16 November 1871 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MS/426/850 | Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Rev Dr [Henry] Stebbing | 9 December 1863 |
| MOB/053 | Emdroidered presentation cover | c.1839 |
| MOB/055 | Pocket watch by E J Dent and Company | c.1854 |