Herbert Mortimer Luckock (11 July 1833
[''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975''] – 24 March 1909 ) was a British
Anglican
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priest
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in the
Church of England
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.
Life
Luckock was born in 1833 at
Great Barr
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,
Staffordshire
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, the son of the Rev. Thomas George Mortimer Luckock and Harriet Anne Chune. He was educated at
Marlborough College
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,
Shrewsbury School
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Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by Royal Charter, it was originally a boarding school for boys; girls have been admitted into the ...
and
Jesus College, Cambridge
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.
[ In 1856, he was one of ten Cambridge students who created a set of rules of football of some historical importance in the development of that sport. In 1858, he was awarded a ]B.A.
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He was ordained a deacon in 1860 and a priest in 1862 and received his M.A.
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Vicar of All Saints' church
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Albania
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, Cambridge 1862–1862, 1865–1875. Fellow and Dean of Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...
. In 1875, he was made a canon of Ely Cathedral and principal of Ely Theological College
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. His theological standpoint was Anglo-Catholic. In 1892 he was appointed the Dean of Lichfield Cathedral until his death in 1909 aged 75.
In youth Luckock had played cricket for Shrewsbury School when he appeared in one county match for Shropshire
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in 1853.[Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.]
Personal life
He married Margret Emma Thompson in Childwall Church on 5 April 1866. They had eight children, including Maj.-Gen. Russell Mortimer Luckock
Major-General Russell Mortimer Luckock (27 November 1877 – 1950) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).
Military career
Mortimer Luckock, the son of Rt. Rev. Herbert Mortimer Luckock, w ...
.[
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Writings
Luckock authored the following works:
* ''Tables of Stone'' (1867)
*
Studies in the History of the Prayer Book
' (1881)
* ''An Appeal to the Church not to withdraw her Clergy from Universities'' (1882)
* ''Footprints of the Son of Man as traced by St. Mark'' (1884)
*
The Bishops in the Tower
'
*
After Death, the State of the Faithful Dead and their Relationship to the Living
' (1887)
* ''The Divine Liturgy, being The Order for Holy Communion, historically, doctrinally, and devotionally set forth'' (1889)
*
The Intermediate State between Death and Judgment
' (1890)
* ''John Wesley's Churchmanship'' (1891)
* ''Who are Wesley's Heirs?'' (1892)
*
The Church in Scotland
' (1893)
* ''History of Marriage, Jewish and Christian, with especial Reference to its Indissolubility and certain forbidden Degrees'' (1894)
* ''Footprints of the Apostles as traced by St. Luke in the Acts'' (2 vols., 1897)
* ''Four Qualifications for a Good Preacher'' (1897)
* ''The Characteristics of the Four Gospels'' (1900)
* ''Beautiful Life of an Ideal Priest; or, Reminiscences of Thomas Thellusson Carter'' (1902)
* ''Life and Works of Dr. Johnson'' (1902)
* ''Spiritual Difficulties in the Bible and Prayer Book: Helps to their Solution'' (1905)
* ''Eucharistic Sacrifice and Intercession for the Departed'' (1907)
Luckock also edited James Russell Woodford
James Russell Woodford (30 April 1820 – 21 October 1885) was an English churchman who was Bishop of Ely from 1873 to his death in 1885.
Life
Born on 30 April 1820 at Henley-on-Thames, he was the only son of James Russell Woodford, a hop-merch ...
's ''Great Commission: Twelve Addresses on the Ordinal'' (London, 1886) and Sermons (2 vols., 1887).
External links
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Bibliographic directory
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References
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1833 births
1909 deaths
English Anglican theologians
Book of Common Prayer
People educated at Shrewsbury School
Deans of Lichfield
Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge
Faculty and staff of Ely Theological College
English Anglo-Catholics
19th-century English Anglican priests
Anglo-Catholic theologians
Anglo-Catholic clergy
People from Great Barr