Frederick Cox (priest)

The Very Rev Frederick Holdship Cox (1821^[1]-1906) was 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 1983; 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]

References

1. Rudolph-Gen
2. Tasmanian Anglican
3. ADB
4. The Ipswich Journal (Ipswich, England), Saturday, March 18, 1843; Issue 5422
5. CHICHESTER, SATURDAY, June 8 Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, June 08, 1844; pg. 8; Issue 1088
6. CHICHESTER, SATURDAY, May 24 Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, May 24, 1845; pg. 8; Issue 1137.
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8. OXFORD, Saturday, March 3 Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, March 3, 1849; Issue 5001
9. 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
10. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Friday, December 17, 1886; Issue 12042
11. Obituary.The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 11, 1906; pg. 8; Issue 38096