Frederick Holdship Cox (1821-1906) was an English priest and the inaugural Dean of Hobart.
Early life He was born in Walton, BuckinghamshireADB on 20 April 1821 and educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.The Ipswich Journal (Ipswich, England), Saturday, 18 March 1843; Issue 5422
England and Tasmania He was ordained deacon in 1844CHICHESTER, SATURDAY, 8 June Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, 8 June 1844; pg. 8; Issue 1088 and priest in 1845.CHICHESTER, SATURDAY, 24 May Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, 24 May 1845; pg. 8; Issue 1137. His first post was as assistant curate of Iping-cum-Chithurst. He was recruited for service in Tasmania and arrived in February 1846. His first task was to create a new church at Buckland. After this he was Warden of Christ College, Tasmania.OXFORD, Saturday, 3 March Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, 3 March 1849; Issue 5001 He returned to England to be the Curate at Wantage. While there he was nominated to succeed Bishop Colenso of Natal. In 1868 he became the Incumbent of St David's Cathedral, Hobart and in 1872, Dean.
Return to England In February 1874 he resigned and returned to England. He was Vicar of Tilney All Saints from 1874Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, 24 March 1874; pg. 6; Issue 4787 to 1877; Rector of Fen Ditton from 1877 to 1883; Vicar of Elm from 1883 to 1896; and Rural Dean of Wisbech from 1886PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Friday, 17 December 1886; Issue 12042 to 1896.
He died in Tunbridge Wells on 7 August 1906.Obituary.The Times (London, England), Saturday, 11 Aug 1906; pg. 8; Issue 38096
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