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

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. Richard Garnett, ‘Hook, James (1772?–1828)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 28 June 2013
5. National Archives
6. 'Clerical intelligence' The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, February 26, 1814; Issue 13448
7. "Companion to the Isle of Wight" Albin,J: London Longmans 1831
8. Scottish Mountaineering Club
9. The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle -- Volume XCVIII” Urban,S (Ed) April 1818 p11 (379 in bound annual collection)
10. Brief biography
11. Trove