Claude Hinscliff
ReverendClaude Hinscliff(1875–1964) was a Britishsuffragist.[1][2]He was a leading person in the Church League for Women's Suffrage.
Education and early career
[edit]Hinscliff studied for hislicentiateintheologyatDurham University.He matriculated in 1893 and was awarded a scholarship after performing well in the admissions exam.[3]As a student hecoxedfor theuniversity boat club.[4]A member ofHatfield Hall,he graduated in 1896.[5]As reported in 15 June 1897 edition ofThe Times,he was ordained a deacon in theDiocese of Norwichand attached toParhamandHachestoninSuffolk.[6]In December 1899 he was ordained a priest atSt George in the Meadows, Nottingham.[7]By 1905 he was Vicar ofBobbinginKent.[8]
Involvement with women's suffrage
[edit]Hinscliff is most notable for his involvement in theBritish suffrage movement.He founded the AnglicanChurch League for Women's Suffragein 1909, and was its secretary for a long time.[1][9]He and fellow member Charles Baumgarten (and, according to theChurch Times,theArchdeacon of Lewisham,Charles Escreet[10]), conducted the funeral service ofEmily DavisoninSt. George's, Bloomsbury,where Baumgarten was vicar.[11]
Later life
[edit]By 1913 he had become very uncomfortable with the militancy ofsuffragettes,which included arson attacks on churches, and as a result the Church League began to distance itself from theWSPU.[12]He resigned his position as honorary organiser in 1914 on doctor's orders, having been diagnosed withmyocarditisin 1911.[13]He then worked in Europe. In 1920 he served on the staff of the Serbian Relief Fund and by March of the following year was established as British Chaplain inBelgrade.[14]He soon moved on toRomania,where he served as the British Chaplain inBucharestfrom 1921-1924.[15]
Legacy
[edit]His name and picture (and those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters) are on theplinthof thestatue of Millicent FawcettinParliament Square,London, unveiled in 2018.[16][17][18]
References
[edit]- ^abKrista Cowman (9 December 2010).Women in British Politics, c.1689-1979.Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 63–.ISBN978-1-137-26801-3.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Courage calls to courage everywhere: the male campaigners for universal suffrage noted on the Millicent Fawcett statue. – Women's Business Council".Women's Business Council.Retrieved24 April2018.
- ^"Scholarships, Exhibitions".Durham University Journal.10(1–18): 212. 4 November 1893.
- ^"Boating".Durham University Journal.10(1–18): 242. 16 December 1893.
- ^"Durham University calendar 1897".reed.dur.ac.uk.Cambridge University Press.Retrieved12 March2018.
- ^"Ordinations".The Times:15. 15 June 1897.
- ^"Ordinations".Durham University Journal.14:24. 1900.
- ^"Preferments and Appointments".Durham University Journal.16:224. 1904–1905.
- ^Graham Neville (1998).Radical Churchman: Edward Lee Hicks and the New Liberalism.Clarendon Press. pp. 165–.ISBN978-0-19-826977-9.
- ^Street, Peter."Death on the path to suffrage".churchtimes.co.uk.Retrieved18 April2020.
- ^Elizabeth Crawford (2 September 2003).The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928.Routledge. pp. 475–.ISBN1-135-43401-8.
- ^Inkpin, Jonathan (1996).Combatting the 'sin of self-sacrifice'?: Christian feminism in the women's suffrage struggle, 1903-1918(PDF).Durham:Durham University(Thesis). pp. 211–212.
- ^Inkpin, p. 168
- ^"Yugoslavia".The Near East:285. 10 March 1921.
- ^"SGITE Clergy 1900-".St George-in-the-East Church.Retrieved21 November2018.
- ^"Historic statue of suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett unveiled in Parliament Square".Gov.uk. 24 April 2018.Retrieved24 April2018.
- ^Topping, Alexandra (24 April 2018)."First statue of a woman in Parliament Square unveiled".The Guardian.Retrieved24 April2018.
- ^"Millicent Fawcett statue unveiling: the women and men whose names will be on the plinth".iNews. 24 April 2018.Retrieved25 April2018.