Nugent Hicks

Who was Nugent Hicks?

Frederick Cyril Nugent Hicks was an Anglican bishop and author who served as Bishop of Gibraltar from 1927 to 1933, during which time he was appointed as Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. He was Bishop of Lincoln for fifteen years in the middle of the 20th century.

Born on 28 June 1872, Hicks was educated at Wixenford, Harrow, and Balliol College, Oxford, before his ordination in 1897. From then until 1909 he was successively Lecturer, Tutor, and Dean of Keble College, Oxford. In 1909 he was appointed Principal of Bishops’ College, Cheshunt, after which he was Rector of Toddington, West Sussex, and Rural Dean of Brighton, before his elevation to the episcopate. He died on 10 February 1942.