Background
ASTLEY, Hugh John Dukinfield was born on September 29, 1856. Son of Reverend C. T. Astley and Georgiana Ellen, daughter of Very Reverend H. N. Pearson, Dean of Salisbury. Great-grandson of John Astley, portrait painter.
ASTLEY, Hugh John Dukinfield was born on September 29, 1856. Son of Reverend C. T. Astley and Georgiana Ellen, daughter of Very Reverend H. N. Pearson, Dean of Salisbury. Great-grandson of John Astley, portrait painter.
Studied at Trinity College Dublin. Prizeman in Hebrew, Greek Test., Modern History, French and English Literature. Master of Arts; Doctor of Letters.
Ordained, 1881; Incumbent of St. John Evan., Brixton, South-west, 1894-1896. Donnellan Lecturer, University of Dublin, 1906-1907. Honourable Editorial Secretary, British Archaeological Association, 1897 - 1906.
Librarian, British Numismatic Society, 1903-1906. Member of Royal Archaeological Institute and of the British Association. Vicar of East and West Rudham, Norfolk, since 1896. F.R.Hist.Soc., Fellow Royal Anthropological Institute.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.