Ross Hook

Ross Sydney Hook (1917–1996) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Educated at Christ’s Hospital and Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1942. After Second World War service in the RNVR he was appointed Chaplain of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. From here he rose rapidly in the Church hierarchy being successively Vicar of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Rural Dean of Chelsea and a Canon Residentiary at Rochester Cathedral before being ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of Grantham in 1965. He was translated to become Bishop of Bradford seven years later. Following his time Bradford, he served at Lambeth Palace (under Robert Runcie) as Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1980–1984).