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Benjamin Hanbury (13 May 1778 – 12 January 1864) was an Englishnonconformist historian.
Hanbury was born inWolverhampton on 13 May 1778. Most of his education was received from his uncle, the Rev. Dr. John Humphrys, pastor of Union Street congregation,Southwark, who later became principal ofMill Hill School. For a time he was engaged in a retail business; then in June 1803, through the influence ofEbenezer Maitland, he obtained a post in theBank of England, and remained there till 1859.[1]
Hanbury became one of the deacons at Union Street on 2 May 1819, and held office till 1857, when he moved toClapham, and then toBrixton. For more than 30 years he was one of the 'Dissenting Deputies", who protected the political rights of nonconformist bodies; and he entered the debate on church establishments which followed the repeal of theTest Act andCorporation Act in 1828. He was a member of Society for Promoting Ecclesiastical Knowledge, instituted for the publication of works bearing on nonconformist theories.[1]
On the formation (1831) of theCongregational Union of England and Wales, Hanbury became its treasurer, and held the post for the rest of his life. He died on 12 January 1864 at his residence, 16 Gloucester Villas, Brixton, and was buried on 19 January inNorwood cemetery.[1]
Hanbury published:[1]
He editedRichard Hooker'sEcclesiastical Polity (1830, 3 vols), including notes andIsaak Walton'sLife. For the "Library of Ecclesiastical Knowledge", he wrote a short life (1831) ofJohn Calvin.[1]
He was the son of Rebecca Humphries and John Hanbury, of a family of stuff weavers long settled inKidderminster, Worcestershire. On 18 September 1801 Hanbury married his relative, Phœbe Lea (d. 1824) of Kidderminster, by whom he had a son (d. 1836) and a daughter, who survived him.[1]
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Stephen, Leslie;Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Hanbury, Benjamin".Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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