Luke Booker
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Reverend Luke Booker LL.D., FRLS |
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Pringle, William J.; Reverend Luke Booker (1762-1835), LLD, Vicar of Dudley; Dudley Museums Service; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/reverend-luke-booker-17621835-lld-vicar-of-dudley-52385
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| Ordination | by Frederick Cornwallis, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry |
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20 October 1762 Nottingham, England |
| Died | 1 October 1837 (aged 74) Bower Ashton, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Spouse | Ann |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Clergyman, poet, and antiquary |
Reverend Luke Booker (20 October 1762 – 1 October 1837) LL.D., FRLS was an English clergyman, poet, and antiquary.
Booker was born in Nottingham, England. As a young man, he pursued the religious studies of the Church of England, and took Holy Orders in 1785. Frederick Cornwallis, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry ordained Booker without a title.
Shortly after his ordination, Booker became a lecturer at St Peter's Collegiate Church of Wolverhampton, after which he became a curate at Oldswinford. For many years thereafter, he served as vicar of Church of St. Edmund in Dudley. In 1806, he became rector of Tedstone Delamere, after an introduction by his brother-in-law, Richard Blakemore. He returned to Dudley in 1812 through his association with William Lord Viscount Dudley and Ward. Booker laid the cornerstone for Dudley's St Thomas Church on 25 October 1816. He remained at Dudley until shortly before his death, having preached 173 sermons. During the Regency, Booker was one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to George IV.
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