Cecil Hook
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Cecil Hook (1 December 1844 – 4 February 1938) was, from 1905 to 1915, the first Bishop of Kingston in the Church of England.
Hook was born on 1 December 1844 into a clerical family.[1] He was educated at Radley School and Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He was ordained in 1868 was a curate at St John's Redland, Bristol.[3] He was then appointed Rector of All Saints' Chichester.[4] He was appointed Rural Dean of Oswestry in 1891[5] and then Leamington in 1896. He was appointed suffragan in 1904 to assist the Bishop of Southwark.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ His father was the Very Reverend Walter Farquhar Hook, sometime Dean of Chichester - Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ "University Intelligence. Oxford, Feb. 27. (Official Appointments and Notices-Award of BA to Cecil Hook and John Townshend, Christ Church)", The Times, 28 February 1868, p7.
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- ^ During which time he married Edith Turner of Rusholme
- ^ The Times, 10 June 1891, p7, "New Rural Dean (Diocese of St Asaph)"
- ^ The Times, 7 February 1938, p16. "Dr. Cecil Hook: First Bishop Of Kingston-On-Thames"
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