author
1843–1904
A nineteenth-century clergyman and writer with strong ties to Tasmania, he is remembered for religious and historical works shaped by both English and colonial life.
by Charles Hamilton Bromby
Charles Hamilton Bromby was born on July 17, 1843, at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was the second son of Charles Henry Bromby, later Bishop of Tasmania, and was educated at Cheltenham College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
He became known in connection with Tasmania as well as England, and sources describe him as a clergyman, scholar, and author. His background in church and public life seems to have informed the tone of his writing, which was rooted in religion, history, and moral reflection.
Although he is not widely read today, Bromby remains of interest as a Victorian-era author whose life linked Britain and Australasia. The surviving biographical material is fairly brief, but it consistently places him in the world of late nineteenth-century religious and literary culture.