Samuel Hole

Samuel Hole, 1895

Samuel Reynolds Hole (5 December 1819^[1] - 27 August 1904^[2]) was an Anglican priest,^[3] author^[4] and horticulturalist^[5] in the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th.^[6][7]

Hole was born in Newark and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.^[8] He was ordained in 1844^[9] and spent 43 years at his father’s parish of St. Andrew's Church, Caunton,^[10][11] firstly as curate and from 1850 as its vicar.^[12] A prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral and an honorary chaplain to Edward Benson, the then Archbishop of Canterbury,^[13] he became Dean of Rochester in 1887.^[14] Noted for his expertise with roses^[15][16] and an inaugural recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Victoria Medal of Honour.

There is a memorial to Hole at Rochester Cathedral.^[17][18]

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