James Hook (priest)

James Hook
The Very Reverend; James Hook; FRS FSA
	Dean of Worcester
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Worcester
In office	1825 to 1828
Predecessor	John Jenkinson
Successor	George Murray
Orders
Ordination	1796
Personal details
Born	16 June 1771
Died	5 February 1828
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglicanism
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	St 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

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
The annual biography and obituary for the year 1829, Vol.XIII, London, 1829, p.65.
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

External links

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hook, James (1772?-1828)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Banks Jenkinson	Dean of Worcester 1825–1828	Succeeded by George Murray

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[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.

[ODNB-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] 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

Anglican Diocese of Worcester
Worcester Cathedral The Old Palace, Worcester Hartlebury Castle Alvechurch Palace Area scheme (1993–2002)
Office holders	John Inge, Bishop of Worcester Martin Gorick, Bishop suffragan of Dudley AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Peter Atkinson, Dean of Worcester Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley Robert Jones, Archdeacon of Worcester
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Coventry (1891–1918; Diocese of Coventry erected) Archdeacon of Gloucester (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Gloucester) Archdeacon of Coventry (1837–1918) & of Warwick (1910–1918) became Diocese of Coventry) Archdeacon of Birmingham (1892–1905; became Diocese of Birmingham)