Background
HESSEY, Robert Falkner was born on November 23, 1826 in Fleet Street. Son of Janies Augustus Hessey and Catherine Falkner.
HESSEY, Robert Falkner was born on November 23, 1826 in Fleet Street. Son of Janies Augustus Hessey and Catherine Falkner.
Studied at Kensington Proprietary School. Magdalen College, Oxford (Demy, 1844. Master of Arts.
Fellow, 1853-1865; tutor, 1853-1863). Proximo (next) access. Hertford Latin Scholarship, 1846.
Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse, 1848. 1st Class in Literis Humanioribus, 1848. Deacon, 1855; Priest, 1857.
Curate of Abingdon, 1863-1864. Rural Dean, Odiham, 1889-1892. Basingstoke, 1892-1906. Vicar of Basing since 1864; Honourable Canon Winchester, 1900.