Memorial to Herbert Mortimer Luckuck in Lichfield Cathedral

Herbert Mortimer Luckock (11 July 1833''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'' – 24 March 1909 ) was a British

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in the

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Life

Luckock was born in 1833 at

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, the son of the Rev. Thomas George Mortimer Luckock and Harriet Anne Chune. He was educated at

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and

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. In 1856, he was one of ten Cambridge students who created a set of rules of football of some historical importance in the development of that sport. In 1858, he was awarded a

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He was ordained a deacon in 1860 and a priest in 1862 and received his

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Vicar of

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, Cambridge 1862–1862, 1865–1875. Fellow and Dean of

. In 1875, he was made a canon of Ely Cathedral and principal of

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. His theological standpoint was Anglo-Catholic. In 1892 he was appointed the Dean of Lichfield Cathedral until his death in 1909 aged 75. In youth Luckock had played cricket for Shrewsbury School when he appeared in one county match for

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in 1853.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.

Personal life

He married Margret Emma Thompson in Childwall Church on 5 April 1866. They had eight children, including Maj.-Gen.

Russell Mortimer Luckock Major General Russell Mortimer Luckock, (27 November 1877 – 1950) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Military career Mortimer Luckock, the son of Rt. Rev. Herbert Mortimer Luckock, ...

Writings

Luckock authored the following works: * ''Tables of Stone'' (1867) *
Studies in the History of the Prayer Book
' (1881) * ''An Appeal to the Church not to withdraw her Clergy from Universities'' (1882) * ''Footprints of the Son of Man as traced by St. Mark'' (1884) *
The Bishops in the Tower
' *
After Death, the State of the Faithful Dead and their Relationship to the Living
' (1887) * ''The Divine Liturgy, being The Order for Holy Communion, historically, doctrinally, and devotionally set forth'' (1889) *
The Intermediate State between Death and Judgment
' (1890) * ''John Wesley's Churchmanship'' (1891) * ''Who are Wesley's Heirs?'' (1892) *
The Church in Scotland
' (1893) * ''History of Marriage, Jewish and Christian, with especial Reference to its Indissolubility and certain forbidden Degrees'' (1894) * ''Footprints of the Apostles as traced by St. Luke in the Acts'' (2 vols., 1897) * ''Four Qualifications for a Good Preacher'' (1897) * ''The Characteristics of the Four Gospels'' (1900) * ''Beautiful Life of an Ideal Priest; or, Reminiscences of Thomas Thellusson Carter'' (1902) * ''Life and Works of Dr. Johnson'' (1902) * ''Spiritual Difficulties in the Bible and Prayer Book: Helps to their Solution'' (1905) * ''Eucharistic Sacrifice and Intercession for the Departed'' (1907) Luckock also edited

James Russell Woodford James Russell Woodford (30 April 1820 – 21 October 1885) was an English churchman who was Bishop of Ely from 1873 to his death in 1885. Life Born on 30 April 1820 at Henley-on-Thames, he was the only son of James Russell Woodford, a hop-merc ...

's ''Great Commission: Twelve Addresses on the Ordinal'' (London, 1886) and Sermons (2 vols., 1887).

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References

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