▶Date of birth:  1841        Place of birth:  Broughton, Salford, Lancashire

▶Father: William Pearson    Mother:

▶Spouse(s): Agnes Cecilia, second daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Schreiber, of Roden House, Pittville Lawn Date(s) of marriage:  17 July 1866     Place(s) of marriage: St Mary’s parish church, Cheltenham

▶Occupation: Clergyman (Anglican)

▶Lifestory: Hugh Pearson lived in Pittville as a young boy, in 1861, as a pupil at the Revd. Thomas Gaskin’s household at 7 (now 47) Pittville Lawn. In 1864 he lived at Roden House, in Pittville Lawn, at the home of Waterloo veteran George Schreiber, whose daughter Agnes he subsequently married. He attended Caius College, Cambridge, BA 1866. He was ordained Deacon (Lichfield) in 1866, and Priest in 1867.

In 1866 he was appointed Curate of All Saints, Derby (see Edward Lillingston), and in the same year married Agnes Cecilia, daughter of George Schreiber, of Roden House, Pittville. In 1867 he became Curate of Micklover, Derby 1867-9. He retired from active duties in the church, as a result of his poor health, and lived in Cheltenham, with his wife Agnes, at Roden House, Pittville Lawn, though they were frequent travellers. He was unwell in his last years, but had often helped at services at Holy Trinity Church, and was appointed Vicar’s Warden in Easter 1910. He died at the home of a friend in Ware on 1 November 1910.

▶Moved to Pittville from: Derby     Moved from Pittville to: (deceased)

▶Date of death: 1 November 1910     Place of death: The Laurels, Ware, Hertfordshire

▶Date of burial:  5d November 1910       Place of burial: Holy Trinity Church, Leckhampton

▶Notes:        ID: 444

Contributor(s):  Alan Munden/John Simpson