Charles Hotham (rector)
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Charles Hotham was an English cleric.
Charles Hotham was the son of Sir John Hotham, Governor of Hull. He was educated at Westminster School
and Christ's College, Cambridge
, where he gained his MA in 1639. He became a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge
in 1640, but was deprived by parliament of his fellowship in 1661. He became vicar of Withernsea
, Yorkshire from 1640 to 1644 and rector of Wigan
from 1653 until ejected for unorthodoxy in 1662, at which point he went as a minister to the Bermudas. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1667 and died in the Bermudas in 1672.
Hotham wrote Ad philosophiam Teutonicam Manuductio in 1648, and translated Jakob Boehme's Consolatory Treatise of the Four Complexions in 1664.
He married on 15 September 1656 Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Thompson of Humbleton, Yorkshire. Their son Charles became Sir Charles Hotham, 5th Baronet and MP for Beverley.
Charles Hotham was the son of Sir John Hotham, Governor of Hull. He was educated at Westminster School
Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...
and Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...
, where he gained his MA in 1639. He became a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the oldest college of the University, having been founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely...
in 1640, but was deprived by parliament of his fellowship in 1661. He became vicar of Withernsea
Withernsea
Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and forms the focal point for a wider community of small villages in Holderness. Its most famous landmark is the white inland lighthouse, rising around above Hull Road...
, Yorkshire from 1640 to 1644 and rector of Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...
from 1653 until ejected for unorthodoxy in 1662, at which point he went as a minister to the Bermudas. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1667 and died in the Bermudas in 1672.
Hotham wrote Ad philosophiam Teutonicam Manuductio in 1648, and translated Jakob Boehme's Consolatory Treatise of the Four Complexions in 1664.
He married on 15 September 1656 Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Thompson of Humbleton, Yorkshire. Their son Charles became Sir Charles Hotham, 5th Baronet and MP for Beverley.