#5470, James Augustus HESSEY

There were no children. James was born in London, the eldest son of James Augustus Hessey, who was apparently a correspondent of the poet Keats of St. Bride's, City of London and was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St. John's College, Oxford, where he was for some years a resident fellow and lecturer. He graduated BA in 1836, MA in 1840, BD in 1845 and DCL in 1846.

In 1839 he was made vicar of Hellidon, Northamptonshire, appointed public examiner at Oxford in 1842 and select preacher in the university in 1849. From 1845 to 1870 he was headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School and from 1850 to 1879 preacher of Gray's Inn. From 1872 to 1874 he was classical examiner for the Indian Civil Service, before being collated Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1875, a post he filled until his death in 1892.