Cecil Hook (1 December 1844 – 4 February 1938) was, from 1905 to 1915, the first

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in the

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. Hook was born on 1 December 1844 into a clerical family. He was educated at Radley School and

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. He was ordained in 1868 was a

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at St John's

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. He was then appointed Rector of All Saints' Chichester. He was appointed

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in 1891 and then Leamington in 1896. He was appointed

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in 1904 to assist the Bishop of Southwark.''

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'', 7 February 1938, p16. "Dr. Cecil Hook: First Bishop Of Kingston-On-Thames"

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1844 births People educated at Radley College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Bishops of Kingston 20th-century Church of England bishops 1938 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub