Tucker, John, 1719-1792
Variant namesEpithet: Perpetual Curate of Lannarth
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Epithet: of Add MS 32731
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Epithet: of Salisbury
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Epithet: MP
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Epithet: MP for Weymouth
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Epithet: coxswain
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Reverend John Tucker (d 1873) was educated at Christ Church College Oxford where he was awarded a BA in 1813 and became a Fellow in 1817. He was ordained a deacon in 1818 and priest in 1819 and became minister of Southborough, Kent. In 1833 he went to South India as Secretary of the Madras Corresponding Committee 1833-1847. In 1847, on his return to England, he was appointed Secretary at the Church Missionary Society (CMS) Headquarters, a post he held until 1852. Between 1852 and 1873 he was vicar of West Hendred, Berkshire. He died in 1873. His sister, Sarah Tucker, wrote a number of early missionary books and the Sarah Tucker Institution in Palamcotta was founded in her memory.
Reference: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905). ; ; and manuscript additions to register.
From the guide to the Tucker Manuscripts, 1828-1965, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)
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| associatedWith | Church Missionary Society | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Connecticut Historical Society. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | First Church of Newbury (Newbury, Mass.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Houghton Library. | person |
| associatedWith | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, collector. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | person |
| associatedWith | Tucker John d 1873 | person |
| correspondedWith | United States. American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States Sanitary Commission | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wingate, Paine, 1739-1838 | person |
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| Chusan, China | |||
| Maynooth, Kildare | |||
| Ireland, Europe | |||
| Genoa, Italy | |||
| Shepton Mallet, Somerset | |||
| Whitchaven, Cumberland | |||
| Glasgow, Scotland | |||
| Glasgow, Scotland | |||
| Mayfield, Sussex | |||
| Massachusetts, North America | |||
| Kyle Park, Tipperary | |||
| Wiltshire, England | |||
| Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom | |||
| Corsica, France | |||
| China, Asia | |||
| Kilmarnock, Ayrshire | |||
| Morayshire, Scotland | |||
| Seaford, Sussex | |||
| Kinross, Perth and Kinross | |||
| Leith, Edinburgh | |||
| India, Asia | |||
| Hong Kong, China | |||
| Scotland, United Kingdom | |||
| Kirkwall, Scotland | |||
| Leicestershire, England | |||
| Caithness-shire, Scotland | |||
| Grenada, the W. Indies | |||
| New Forest, Hampshire |
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| Congregational churches |
| Missions India Madras |
| Newbury (Mass.) |
| Sermons |
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Person
Birth 1719
Death 1792
