Edwin Paxton Hood

Edwin Paxton Hood (1820–1885) was an English nonconformist and author.

Life

Hood was born in Half Moon Street, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, on 24 October 1820, and baptised 6 May 1821 at St. George's Church, Hanover Square,[1] the son of Thomas Hood, a servant, and Martha his wife. His father had been a seaman in the Royal Navy serving under Nelson in HMS Temeraire.[2] Losing both parents before he was seven years old, he was brought up at Deptford by a heraldic painter named Simpson.[3]

Hood began to lecture on temperance and peace about 1840, and in 1852 entered the congregational ministry. His first charge was at North Nibley in Gloucestershire. In 1857 he moved to Offord Road, Islington. From 1862 to 1873 he officiated at Queen Street, Brighton. He then returned to Offord Road, and later moved to Cavendish Street, Manchester, but resigned his charge in 1880 after political differences with his congregation: he was a strong liberal. After a brief visit to America, he became the pastor of Falcon Square Church, Aldersgate Street in London.[3]

He married firstly 5 Oct 1847 at the Salem Chapel, York, Yorkshire, Jane (died 1 Aug 1851 at Fulford, near York, aged 26, and buried 5 Aug at York Cemetery),[4][5] the daughter of William Wagstaff of the Bleach Works, Heslingdon, near York.[6] He married secondly 3 Feb 1853 at St. Stephen's Church, Hammersmith,[7] Elizabeth Atkin (died 14 May 1855),[8] daughter of Samuel Bishop Barnby of Hull, Yorkshire, jeweller.[9]In 1857 he married his third wife, Lavinia, the daughter of the Rev. Samuel Oughton of Kingston, Jamaica.[3]

Hood died suddenly at Paris on 12 June 1885.

Legacy

Hood took much interest in the Royal Hospital for Incurables, for which he raised £2,000 by a pamphlet entitled The Palace of Pain, London, 1885. After his death a further sum of £525 was raised by public subscription, and given by his widow to the hospital, one of the wards of which was named after Hood.[3]

Works

Hood was for some years editor of the Eclectic and Congregational Review, and later of The Argonaut. He was throughout life a prolific writer of popular books, among them biographies of the nonconformists Thomas Binney, Christmas Evans, and Robert Hall. His main works were:

References

  1. London Metropolitan Archives DL/T/89/16, p. 244
  2. The Times 16 June 1885, p. 10
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Rigg 1891.
  4. The York Herald and General Advertiser 9 Aug 1851, p. 5
  5. The Yorkshire Gazette 16 Aug 1851, p. 5
  6. The York Herald and General Advertiser 9 Oct 1847, p. 5
  7. London Metropolitan Archives - P80/STE/13, p. 25
  8. The Yorkshire Gazette 19 May 1855, p. 5
  9. The York Herald and General Advertiser 12 Feb 1853, p. 3
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rigg, James McMullen (1891). "Hood, Edwin Paxton". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

External links

*hymntime.com, Edwin Paxton Hood.
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