The Very Reverend

James Hook

FRS FSA
Dean of Worcester
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Worcester
In office1825 to 1828
PredecessorJohn Jenkinson
SuccessorGeorge Murray
Orders
Ordination1796
Personal details
Born16 June 1771
Died5 February 1828
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglicanism
EducationWestminster School
Alma materSt Mary Hall, Oxford

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.

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


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