Background
The son of the composer James Hook, he was educated at Westminster School and Street Mary Hall, Oxford and ordained in 1796.
The son of the composer James Hook, he was educated at Westminster School and Street Mary Hall, Oxford and ordained in 1796.
Westminster School.
After having held several livings in 1814 he became Archdeacon of Huntingdon. And in 1817 Rector of Whippingham. An amateur mountaineer, novelist and composer, he died on 5 February 1828.
Royal Society.