James Hook, (16 June 1771 – 5 February 1828) was an English Anglican priest. He was Dean of WorcesterCatalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum 1819 p252 from 1825Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, August 11, 1825; Issue 6397 until his death.
Early life and education The son of the composer James Hook,Bishops & Deans of Worcester Green, B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979 he was born 16 June 1771.The annual biography and obituary for the year 1829, Vol.XIII, London, 1829, p.65. He was educated at Westminster School and St Mary Hall, Oxford.
Ordained ministry He was ordained in 1796.Richard Garnett, ‘Hook, James (1772?–1828)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 28 June 2013 He married the daughter of the prominent Scottish physician Walter Farquhar.National Archives After having held several livings in 1814 he became Archdeacon of Huntingdon;'Clerical intelligence' The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, February 26, 1814; Issue 13448 and in 1817 Rector of Whippingham."Companion to the Isle of Wight" Albin, J: London Longmans 1831
An amateur mountaineer,Scottish Mountaineering Club novelist and composer, he died on 5 February 1828.The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle -- Volume XCVIII” Urban, S (Ed) April 1818 p11 (379 in bound annual collection) His brother and sonTrove also achieved eminence in their respective fields.
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