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In 1796 [his step-father] Dawson Turner (age 20) and [his mother] Mary Palgrave (age 52) were married. They had eleven children, some sources say twelve, of which eight survived to adulthood. The difference in their ages was 31 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
In June 1815 [his father] William Jackson Hooker (age 29) and [his mother] Mary Palgrave (age 71) were married. They had five children. The difference in their ages was 41 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
On 30th June 1817 John Dalton Hooker was born to William Jackson Hooker (age 31) and Mary Palgrave (age 73).
In 1847 John Dalton Hooker (age 29) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1847 John Dalton Hooker (age 29) was elected President of the Royal Society.
In 1850 [his mother] Mary Palgrave died.
In 1851 John Dalton Hooker (age 33) and Frances Harriet Henslow (age 25) were married. They had seven children.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th August 1865 [his father] William Jackson Hooker (age 80) died.
On 13th November 1874 [his wife] Frances Harriet Henslow (age 49) died.
Before 21st November 1874 William Jardine 7th Baronet (age 74) and [his future wife] Hyacinth Symonds Lady Jardine were married.
In 1876 John Dalton Hooker (age 58) and Hyacinth Symonds Lady Jardine were married. They had two sons.
1880. John Collier (age 29). Portrait of John Dalton Hooker (age 62).
On 14th January 1893 [his step-son] Alexander Jardine 8th Baronet (age 63) died.
On 10th December 1911 John Dalton Hooker (age 94) died.
Father: William Jackson Hooker
GrandFather: William Palgrave
Mother: Mary Palgrave