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Barbara Wilberforce. Portrait in about 1797 by John Russell. Barbara Ann Wilberforce (née Spooner; 1771 – 21 April 1847) was the spouse of abolitionist and MP William Wilberforce. [1] Early life. She was born in Birches Green, Erdington, Warwickshire, and died in The Vicarage, East Farleigh, Kent .
1 mar 2012 · This chapter provides a brief summary of the lives of after the Clapham Sect after the death of Wilberforce. Barbara Wilberforce spent her widowhood travelling between the houses of her sons and her sister. Robert Wilberforce married Agnes Wrangham, who died in childbirth in 1834.
Abstract. This chapter looks at William and Barbara’s Wilberforce’s relationships with their sons. Their anxieties were caused by their fear of male adolescence, and their belief in the necessity of conversion. The childhoods of William junior, Robert Isaac, Samuel, and Henry are discussed. The chapter traces in some detail the Wilberforces
10 ago 2020 · Barbara Wilberforce, Marianne Thornton, Sarah Stephen and Selena Macaulay all supported evangelical family values and their husbands' moral reform causes within the domestic realm. Henry Thornton, a cousin of William Wilberforce, owned extensive grounds on Clapham Common and built three neighbouring houses with a communal garden.
Lord Calthorpe, Barbara Wilberforce’s cousin, is an example of a less well-known figure who was prominent in Wilberforce’s world. Through his relationship to Wilberforce’s wife, he is also demonstrative of how inter-connected Wilberforce’s social circle became over time – a cousin-in-law who became a friend who became a patron who ...
Basil Wilberforce. Basil was a son of Samuel and his wife Emily. He was Canon of Westminster from 1894-1916 and lies buried in the north cloister of the Abbey. The inscription on his gravestone reads: Charlotte the beloved wife of the Venble. Basil Wilberforce D.D. Archdeacon of Westminster. Born July 29 1841. Died May 15 1909.
The Wilberforce Family. In April 1797 aged 37, William Wilberforce met Barbara Spooner, a young woman who shared his deeply held Christian beliefs. Eight days after meeting Barbara, William proposed and they were married a month later. The couple were devoted to each other and had six children.
