Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Bromby, Charles Henry
BROMBY, The Right Rev. Charles Henry, D.D., son of the late Rev. J. H. Bromby, Vicar of Trinity Church, Hull, born in 1814, was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840, D.D. 1864). He resided for some years at Clifton, taking private pupils; was Incumbent of St. Paul's, Cheltenham, from 1843, and Principal of the Normal College for Schoolmasters there from 1847 till his appointment to the bishopric of Tasmania in 1864. In 1882 he resigned his see, and was appointed rector of Shrawardine with Montford, Shropshire. He has written "Sorrows of Bethany, and other Sermons," published in 1846; "Notes on the Liturgy and Church History," in 1852; "A Sketch of the Book of Common Prayer," in 1861; "The Antiquity and Independence of the British Church;" "Early Church History to the Sixth Century;" "Church Student's Manual," and "Teacher's English Grammar and Etymology," in 1862.