George Hose Explained

George Frederick Hose (3 September 1838 – 26 March 1922) was an Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1881 to 1909.^[1]

Hose was born on 3 September 1838^[2] in Brunswick Place, Cambridge, the son of Frederick Hose, a clerk, and his wife, Mary Ann Knight. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he gained an MA^[3] and ordained in 1861. He began his career with curacies at Roxton and Marylebone. He was Chaplain of Malacca then Archdeacon of Singapore before his elevation to the episcopate.^[4]

In 1877, he promoted the founding of the Straits Asiatic Society, later the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, and subsequently served as the society's president from 1878 to 1908.^[5]

He retired in 1909 and died on 26 March 1922.^[6]

He was married to Emily Harriet Kerbey, and had children.

• His son Edward Shaw Hose (1871–1946) was a civil servant in Malaya and was also President of the Asiatic Society.
• His daughter Elfrida Mary Hose (1879–1960) was married by her father at the Cathedral Singapore to Rev. Charles Hampden Basil Woodd (1869–1941),^[7] Principal and later Chaplain of Momoyama Middle school for boys at Osaka, Japan, from 1902–15, later lived in Essex; they left five children.

External links

• C. M. Turnbull, George Frederick (1838–1922)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. (Accessed 4 November 2015)

Notes and References

1. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900
2. Who was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007
3. [C. M. Turnbull]
4. The Times, Thursday, 20 January 1881; pg. 11; Issue 30096; col D News in Brief
5. Web site: Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Singaporeinfopedia. 4 January 2017.
6. The Times, Tuesday, 28 March 1922; pg. 1; Issue 42991; col A Deaths
7. Marriages . 7 January 1903 . 1 . 36971.