Background
HOOKE, Daniel Burford was born on April 9, 1847 in Bath. Youngest son of late Daniel Burford and Eliza Hooke.
HOOKE, Daniel Burford was born on April 9, 1847 in Bath. Youngest son of late Daniel Burford and Eliza Hooke.
Studied at King Edward VI. Grammar School, Bath (Exhibitioner). Privately.; Doctor of Divinity.
Ordained Congregational Minister, Mold, Flints, 1870. Resigned in 1881 to be Secretary of the Congregational Union Jubilee Fund. Pastor at Rhyl, Flints, 1883-1887.
Assistant and later Acting Secretary of Congregational Union, 1887-1892. Editor of Independent and Nonconformist, 1892 -94. Secretary of Congregational Union of North Wales, 1876-1889, and Chairman, 1890.
Chairman Hertfordshire, 1899, and Treasurer, 1907. Chairman of Barnet Urban District Council, 1900-1901. Congregational College, Montreal; appointed Secretary of Colonial Missionary Society (Incorporated), 1894; Editor of Evangelical Magazine, 1891-1905; Congregational Magazine and British 990 Missionary.
Spouse 1871, Harriet, daughter of late W. Harris, Tattenhall, Cheshire.