Henry William Wilberforce (1807–73)

Clergyman and journalist. Youngest son of William Wilberforce (1759–1833). BA , Oxford, 1830. Ordained deacon, 1834; perpetual curate of Bransgore, 1834; vicar of Walmer, near Deal, 1841; of East Farleigh, near Maidstone, 1843. Resigned his vicarage and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1850. Secretary of the Catholic Defence Association, 1852. Editor of the Catholic Standard (renamed Weekly Register in 1855), 1854–64.