Hugh Northcote

Who is Hugh Northcote?

Hugh Northcote was an Anglican clergyman in New Zealand and writer on sex.

Hugh Northcote was the son of Henry Moubray Northcote and Elinor Mallet. He was born in Devonshire, but the family emigrated to Canterbury, New Zealand. After graduating with a first in classics from Canterbury University College, he became an Anglican priest. In 1903 he and his family left for England, where he lived until 1927, when he returned to New Zealand.

Northcote corresponded with Havelock Ellis, and helped to popularise the term 'inversion' for homosexuality.