James Hook

   Cause of his death was Dysentery.¹⁷⁵

  General Notes:

James Hook, a Northumbrian by descent, was appointed in July, 1842, as “Commissioner of Arbitration in the mixed British and Foreign Courts for the Suppression of the Slave Trade,” at Sierra Leone, and arrived at that place, from England, on December 3, 1842.

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  Birth Notes:

born at 9:30 pm

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: merchant, 1841, Lambeth, London, England. ¹⁷⁶

• Residence: North Addington Place, 1841, Lambeth, London, England. ¹⁷⁶

• Occupation: Judge, Sierra Leone, 1842 Sep 22. ²⁹¹ He was promoted on September 22, 1842 to be Her Majesty's Commissioners of Arbitration in the Mixed British and Foreign Courts of Commission, established at Sierra Leone, under the Treaties for Suppression of the slave-trade

• Occupation: By Her Majesty's Commission Judge, Sierra Leone, 1851 Oct 2, Sierra Leone. ¹⁷³

James married Eliza Frances Clarke, daughter of Dr. Adam Clarke and Mary Cooke, on 1819 Jan 20 in Saint Helens, Lancashire, England.²⁸⁹ (Eliza Frances Clarke was born on 1794 Sep 16 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England ^175,176,292, christened on 1794 Nov 9 in Mount Pleasant Wesleyan, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ²⁹³ and died on 1872 Mar 3 in Sydenham ¹⁷⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

Reverend T. Piggott ¹⁷⁵