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James Hook (priest)

James Hook (priest)

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James Hook, FRS, FSA (16 June 1771 – 5 February 1828) was an English Anglican priest. He was Dean of Worcester[1] from 1825[2] until his death.

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Early life and education

The son of the composer James Hook,[3] he was born 16 June 1771.[4] He was educated at Westminster School and St Mary Hall, Oxford.[5]

Ordained ministry

He was ordained in 1796.[5] He married the daughter of the prominent Scottish physician Walter Farquhar.[6] After having held several livings in 1814 he became Archdeacon of Huntingdon;[7] and in 1817 Rector of Whippingham.[8]

An amateur mountaineer,[9] novelist and composer, he died on 5 February 1828.[10] His brother[11] and son[12] also achieved eminence in their respective fields.

References

  1. [1]
    Catalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum 1819 p252
  2. [2]
    Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, August 11, 1825; Issue 6397
  3. [3]
    Bishops & Deans of Worcester Green,B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
  4. [4]
    The annual biography and obituary for the year 1829, Vol.XIII, London, 1829, p.65.
  5. [5]
    Richard Garnett, ‘Hook, James (1772?–1828)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 28 June 2013
  6. [6]
    National Archives
  7. [7]
    'Clerical intelligence' The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, February 26, 1814; Issue 13448
  8. [8]
    "Companion to the Isle of Wight" Albin,J: London Longmans 1831
  9. [9]
    Scottish Mountaineering Club
  10. [10]
    The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle -- Volume XCVIII” Urban,S (Ed) April 1818 p11 (379 in bound annual collection)
  11. [11]
    Brief biography
  12. [12]
    Trove
  • Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hook, James (1772?-1828)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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