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| John Fulton Hood was born about 1853, son of Samuel Hood and Margaret Fulton of Newtownstewart Co Tyrone. | ||||||||||
| John Fulton was 1/2 brother to my great grandfather William Hood - their father Samuel married 2 sisters. My family converted to Methodism but John Fulton remained with Anglican Church and became a Clerk in Holy Orders. He married Maria Christina du Plat Richardson Griffiths daughter of Thomas and Eliza (Griffiths). She was born in Farnham Surrey on 12 Sep 1862 Their 5 children 1 John Charles Fulton b 1885, 2 Basil Frederick b 1886, 3 Margaret Ethel b 1888, 4 Mary C du Plat b 1890 and 5 Alwyn Christian du Plat b 1902. 1st 3 were born in Stockport Cheshire, Mary was born in Luton, Bedfordshire and Alwyn in Loughborough Leics. |
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| and in 1901 the Census showed Christina and her 2 daughters living at same address - no sign of her husband on that day. The 2 boys were boarding at Leatherhead, Surrey at St Johns Foundation School. Alwyn also attended the school | ||||||||||
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| 1 The Rev. Canon John Charles Fulton Hood 1885-1964 attended St Johns school from 1896-1902. He was awarded the Tancred Scholarship to Christ’s College Cambridge. He was ordained in 1907 and ministered at various churches, Nottingham, Leeds, Holbeck, Garstang From 1932 he was rector of Keighley. In 1920 he married Helen Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser, daughter of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser the famous collector and singer of Hebridean songs, ... aided by her daughter Patuffa.
From 1921 he was chaplain to the TA and in 1935 he became chaplain to the High Sheriff. In 1940. He was the Chief Chaplain to British Forces in Norway 1940 and Iceland 1940-41. He was the founder/editor of the troops newspaper in Norway/Iceland "the Midnight Sun" He wrote several books viz History of St Mary’s Nottingham, A Soldiers Breastplate 1939 and Icelandic Church Saga 1946 His service record |
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In 1949 he was elected a Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon. |
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| His children:- John Kennedy 1921-1943 living daughter born 1923 Elizabeth born 1924 | ||||||||||
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| Elizabeth and her sister attended Keighley Girls Grammar School in mid 1930s and Elizabeth played The Sleeping Beauty. Her father was then Rector of Keighley | ||||||||||
| 2 Basil Frederick Hood DSO OBE 1886 -1941 - he was a Paymaster Captain and served at Gallipoli in 1915. Records in Kings College Archives refer to his organisation of the landing of water supplies for Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 6-7 Aug 1915. He died in 1941 and is buried in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery. His service record | ||||||||||
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