Hugh Pearson (racing Driver)
Hugh Pearson may refer to: * Hugh Pearson (canon of Windsor) (1817–1882), vicar of Sonning and canon at Windsor * Hugh Pearson (dean of Salisbury) (1776–1856), his father, Anglican priest * Hugh Pearson (racing driver), American NASCAR driver, see 1975 Los Angeles Times 500 See also * * Pearson (surname) Pearson is an English surname at Norman conquest of England period, and may refer to many people. Surname A * Aaron Pearson (born 1964), American football player * Adam Pearson (other), multiple people * Albert Pearson (other), ...

Hugh Pearson (canon Of Windsor)
Hugh Pearson (1817–1882) was vicar of Sonning and a Canon at Windsor, both in Berkshire, England. Life Hugh Pearson was the son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson (1776–1856), who was Dean of Salisbury (1823–46). He was born in Oxford and studied briefly at Eton College, before moving on to Harrow School, where he was Head Boy.Perkins, p. 127. He then attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained his MA degree in 1841."Pearson, Hugh". ''The Concise Dictionary of National Biography'', Volume III: N–Z. Oxford University Press, 1992. Pearson was ordained a Deacon in 1841 and became a curate at Withyham, near Tonbridge Wells in the same year. He moved to the Thames-side village of Sonning (then in the Diocese of Salisbury) as vicar in the following year and became a notable Victorian vicar at St Andrew's Church there for forty years. Soon after he arrived, he suffered a riding accident on a bridge at the then newly created Sonning Cutting on the Great Western Railway, wh ...
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