Richard Jones Hobson (1783–1851) was an Irish Anglican priest in the 19th century.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
Hobson was born in County Waterford and educated at Winchester College, then Trinity College, Dublin from 1803 to 1806."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p403: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was Archdeacon of Waterford from 1825 until his resignation in 1831, after which he was Treasurer."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p153 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
Hobson should be distinguished from his cousin Richard Jones Hobson, born 1789 in Cork, who entered Trinity College Dublin in 1805 aged 16, gaining his B.A. there in 1809. This second Richard James Hobson was a Prebend of Connor from 1830 to 1860. He died in Belfast in 1871.Rev. Richard Jones Hobson death notice, Belfast Telegraph, 1 September 1871
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