Cecil Hook was, from 1905 to 915, the first Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames

Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames

The Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames, often referred to simply as Bishop of Kingston, is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Kingston upon Thames, a settlement in south-west...

 in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

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

Christ Church, Oxford

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. He was ordained in 1868 was a curate

Curate

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 at St John's Redland, Bristol

Redland, Bristol

Redland is an affluent suburb in Bristol, England. The suburb is situated between Clifton, Cotham, Bishopston and Westbury Park. The boundaries of the district are not precisely defined, but are generally taken to be Whiteladies Road in the west, the Severn Beach railway line in the south and...

. He was then appointed Rector

Rector

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 of All Saints' Chichester. He was appointed Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Oswestry

Oswestry

Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....

 in 1891 and then Leamington in 1896. He was one of three suffragans

Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...

 appointed in 1904 to assist the Bishop of Southwark

Bishop of Southwark (Anglican)

The Bishop of Southwark is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark in the Province of Canterbury.Until 1877, Southwark had been part of the Diocese of Winchester when it was transferred to the Diocese of Rochester...

, the others being Henry Horace Pereira

Henry Horace Pereira

Henry Horace Pereira was an Anglican Suffragan bishop during the first quarter of the 20th century. Born on 16 January 1845, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1869 he served two curacies before becoming the first Warden of the Wilberforce Memorial Mission in South London...

 and John Cox Leeke

John Cox Leeke

John Cox Leeke was an Anglican bishop, the inaugural Bishop of Woolwich from 1905 to 1918.The son of the Revd William Leeke, he was born in Holbrooke, Derbyshire in 1843. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1867. He began his career with a curacy at Wanstead after which...

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