James Hook (priest)
James Hook FRS, FSA (1772?–1828) was Dean of Worcester[1] from 1825[2] until his death.
The son of the composer James Hook,[3] he was educated at Westminster School and St Mary Hall, Oxford and ordained in 1796.[4] He married the daughter of the prominent Scottish physician Walter Farquhar.[5] After having held several livings in 1814 he became Archdeacon of Huntingdon;[6] and in 1817 Rector of Whippingham.[7]
An amateur mountaineer,[8] novelist and composer, he died on 5 February 1828.[9] His brother [10] and son [11] also achieved eminence in their respective fields.
References
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hook, James (1772?-1828)". Dictionary of National Biography. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Notes
- ↑ ” Catalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum” 1819 p252
- ↑ Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, August 11, 1825; Issue 6397
- ↑ ”Bishops & Deans of Worcester” Green,B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
- ↑ Richard Garnett, ‘Hook, James (1772?–1828)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 28 June 2013
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ 'Clerical intelligence' The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, February 26, 1814; Issue 13448
- ↑ "Companion to the Isle of Wight" Albin,J: London Longmans 1831
- ↑ Scottish Mountaineering Club
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle -- Volume XCVIII” Urban,S (Ed) April 1818 p11 (379 in bound annual collection)
- ↑ Brief biography
- ↑ Trove
| Church of England titles | ||
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| Preceded by John Banks Jenkinson |
Dean of Worcester 1825–1828 |
Succeeded by George Murray |
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