Hardwicke Spooner

George Hardwicke Spooner[1] (10 December 1851 – 7 February 1933)[2] was an Anglican priest and author[3] in the first half of the Twentieth century.[4]

Spooner was educated at The King's School, Worcester and Pembroke College, Oxford[5] and ordained in 1874.[6] After a curacy at All Saints, Liverpool he was Superintendent of the Liverpool Church of England Scripture Readers Society from 1876 to 1879. He held incumbencies at Litherland, Much Woolton and Walton-on-the-Hill;[7] and was Rural Dean of Childwall from 1885 to 1906; Archdeacon of Warrington from 1906 to 1916;[8] and Archdeacon of Liverpool from 1916 until his death.[9]

His son was a noted cricketer.[10]

Notes

1. Mocavo
2. The Archdeacon Of Liverpool The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 09, 1933; p. 17.
3. Amongst others he wrote "The Ethics of Sunday School Work", 1886; "Inspiration", 1891; "A Word with You", 1894; Intercessory Services", 1899; and "Hymns for the South African War", 1902 > British Library web site accessed 13:16 GMT Tuesday 23 June 2015
4. London Gazette
5. "Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886" Foster,J (ED) V4 p1336: Oxford and London: Parker and Co.,1891
6. ORDINATION AT CHESTER CATHEDRAL Cheshire Observer (Chester, England), Saturday, December 26, 1874; pg. 6; Issue 1168
7. British History On-line
8. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 London, OUP, 1929
9. ‘SPOONER, Ven. George Hardwicke’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 June 2015
10. Metheringham Area news