Joseph Thomas James Hewlett
English novelist and Church of England clergyman
Joseph Thomas James Hewlett (30 April 1800 – 24 January 1847) was an English clergyman, schoolmaster and novelist.
Life
Education
Hewlett was baptised at the Old Church of St. Pancras, Middlesex on 21 June 1800, the son of Joseph Hewlett, gent. of St. Pancras, and Frances Batchelor of Westminster, Middlesex. He was educated at the Charterhouse in Surrey, where he was placed by Lord High Chancellor Eldon. His father withdrew him from the school on 16 November 1818 after taking an active part in objecting to the imposition of fines. Hewlett matriculated at Worcester College, Oxford on 13 May 1818 at the age of 18, obtaining a BA on 5 February 1822 and an MA on 25 May 1826.
Marriage and children
On 16 June 1824 at St Giles' Church, Oxford, Hewlett, who was then living in the Oxfordshire parish of Rotherfield Peppard, married Charlotte Elizabeth Hewlett of the parish of St. Giles.
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