Hook, Theodore, comic dramatist, born in London; wrote a number of farces sparkling with wit and highly popular; appointed to be Accountant-General of the Mauritius, came to grief for peculation by a subordinate under his administration; solaced and supported himself after his acquittal by writing novels (1788‒1841).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Hooghly * Hooke, Robert