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Adm. pens. (age 16) at TRINITY July 18, 1797. [8th] s. of John (1758), of London [and of Roydon, Norfolk]. B. May 16, 1781. School, Bury, Suffolk (Mr Becher). ' Matric. Michs. 1798; B.A. 1802; M.A. 1805. Studied divinity at Aberdeen, 1802-4, under Bishop Skinner. Ord. deacon (Norwich) July 8, 1804; priest, Sept. 22, 1805; C. of Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1804-5. C. of Roydon and Burston, Norfolk, 1805-15. R. of Finningham, Suffolk, 1805-20. C. of Little Marlow, Bucks., 1815-21. R. of Roydon and of Burston, 1820-59 (patron, his brother John Hookham). Chaplain to the House of Commons, Jan. 1833. Preb. of Westminster, 1838-59; Canon, 1840-59. Resided at Roydon Hall, 1821-46. J.P. for Norfolk, 1823; for Suffolk, 1829. D.L. for Norfolk, 1826. Married, Apr. 16, 1816, Jane, dau. and heiress of Sir Richard Richards, Knt., of Caerynwch, Merioneth, Baron of the Exchequer. Died July 7, 1859, at the rectory, Roydon. Brother of John H. (1787), William (1793) and Bartholomew (1794); father of Temple (next), Henry T. (1840) and Robert T. (above). (Clergy List; Frere Pedigree; Burke, L.G., 1939.)