In 1796 [his step-father] Dawson Turner [aged 20] and [his mother] Mary Palgrave [aged 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 [aged 29] and [his mother] Mary Palgrave [aged 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 [aged 31] and Mary Palgrave [aged 73].
In 1847 John Dalton Hooker [aged 29] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1847 John Dalton Hooker [aged 29] was elected President of the Royal Society.
In 1850 [his mother] Mary Palgrave died.
In 1851 John Dalton Hooker [aged 33] and Frances Harriet Henslow [aged 25] were married. They had seven children.
On 12th August 1865 [his father] William Jackson Hooker [aged 80] died.
On 13th November 1874 [his wife] Frances Harriet Henslow [aged 49] died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Before 21st November 1874 William Jardine 7th Baronet [aged 74] and [his future wife] Hyacinth Symonds Lady Jardine were married.
In 1876 John Dalton Hooker [aged 58] and Hyacinth Symonds Lady Jardine were married. They had two sons.
1880. John Collier [aged 29]. Portrait of John Dalton Hooker [aged 62].
On 14th January 1893 [his step-son] Alexander Jardine 8th Baronet [aged 63] died.
On 10th December 1911 John Dalton Hooker [aged 94] died.
father: William Jackson Hooker
Grandfather: William Palgrave
mother: Mary Palgrave