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Frederick Holdship Cox (1821
[1] -1906) was an English priest and the inaugural
Dean of Hobart .
[2]
He was born in
Walton, Buckinghamshire
[3] on 20 April 1821 and educated at
Merchant Taylors' School and
Pembroke College, Cambridge .
[4]
He was
ordained
deacon in 1844
[5] and
priest in 1845.
[6] His first post was as
assistant curate of
Iping -cum
[7] -
Chithurst . He was recruited for service in
Tasmania and arrived in February 1846. His first task was to create a new church at
Buckland . After this he was
Warden of
Christ College, Tasmania .
[8] He returned to England to be the
Curate at
Wantage . While there he was nominated to succeed
Bishop Colenso of Natal . In 1868 he became the
Incumbent of
St David's Cathedral, Hobart and in 1872,
Dean .
In February 1874 he resigned and returned to England. He was
Vicar of
Tilney All Saints from 1874
[9] to 1877;
Rector of
Fen Ditton from 1877 to 1883;
Vicar of
Elm from 1883 to 1896; and
Rural Dean of
Wisbech from 1886
[10] to 1896.
He died in
Tunbridge Wells on 7 August 1906.
[11]
^
Rudolph-Gen
^
"Tasmanian Anglican" . Archived from
the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013 .
^
ADB
^ The Ipswich Journal (Ipswich, England), Saturday, March 18, 1843; Issue 5422
^ CHICHESTER, SATURDAY, June 8 Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, June 08, 1844; pg. 8; Issue 1088
^ CHICHESTER, SATURDAY, May 24 Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, May 24, 1845; pg. 8; Issue 1137.
^
"Latin for with" . Archived from
the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013 .
^ OXFORD, Saturday, March 3 Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, March 3, 1849; Issue 5001
^ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, March 24, 1874; pg. 6; Issue 4787
^ PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Friday, December 17, 1886; Issue 12042
^ Obituary.
The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 11, 1906; pg. 8; Issue 38096
Religious titles
Preceded byInaugural appointment
Dean of Hobart 1872 – 1874
Succeeded by