Thomas John Hussey
b. 1797/8 d. 1866 or later
Clergyman and astronomer. BA, Trinity College, Dublin, 1819, DD 1835; admitted at Oxford ad eundem, 1835. Rector of Hayes, Kent, 1831–54. After the death of his wife in 1853 he resigned his living, 1854. Last heard of in Algiers, North Africa, in 1866; presumed dead in 1893.
Sources
Alum. Oxon.
Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1606/189/15)
Dreyer and Turner 1923, p. 66
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 (Ancestry.com, accessed 11 August 2022)
Standard, 22 February 1893, p. 6
Sussex Advertiser, 13 September 1853, p. 7
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
Dreyer, J. L. E. and Turner, H. H. 1923. History of the Royal Astronomical Society 1820–1920. London: Royal Astronomical Society.
