Henry William Wilberforce

(1807-1873)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wilberforce, Henry William, 1807-1873 NRA: Wilberforce Henry William (1807-1873) Roman Catholic Journalist DNB: Wilberforce, Henry William (1807–1873), Roman Catholic convert and journalist LBT ID: HeWilbe1873 VIAF ID: 170838227 LOC ID: n93007179	B/BAP: 1807-09-22 DIED: 1873-04-23
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The youngest son of the abolitionist William Wilberforce; under the influence of John Henry Newman he entered the clergy, converting to Catholicism in 1850.
REFERENCES TO Henry William Wilberforce: John Gibson Lockhart to James Hope-Scott, 28 September 1850 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 22: 1850-53