Family and Education
b. 18 Nov. 1640, s. of George Hooper gent. and Joan, da. of Edmund Giles gent. of White Ladies Aston, Worcs. educ. St Paul’s; Westminster; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1657, BA 1661, MA 1663, BD 1673, DD 1677; ord. deacon 1666, priest 1668. m. 2 May 1679, Abigail (1655-1726), da. of Richard Guilford, Lambeth, brewer, LPL, ms 3016, f. 19v. 2s. (d.v.p.), 6da. (5 d.v.p.). Ibid. f. 20. d. 6 Sept. 1727; will 2 Apr. 1722, pr. 1 Dec. 1727. TNA, PROB 11/618.
Offices Held
Almoner to Princess Mary, The Hague 1678 – 79; chap. to Charles II 1681, to James II bef. 1687, to William III and Mary II 1691.
Rect. Havant, Hants 1671, E. Woodhay, Hants 1672 – 91, St Mary, Lambeth 1675 – 1703; chap. to George Morley, bp. Winchester, 1672 – 73, to Gilbert Sheldon, abp. Canterbury 1673; precentor Exeter Cathedral 1677 – 1704; dean, Canterbury 1691 – 1703; prolocutor convoc. 1701 – 02.
Commr. to visit London Hospitals 1691,
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Duke Street, Westminster 1673–1703; Kensington, London c.1715; Berkeley, Glos bef. 1727.
Likenesses
oil on canvas by T. Hill, Bishop’s Palace, Wells; oil on canvas by T. Hill, 1723, Christ Church, Oxf.; mezzotint by G. White after T. Hill, 1728, NPG D35964.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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