Hugh Pearson

St Andrew's Church, Sonning, where Hugh Pearson was vicar (1842–82). St George's Chapel (left) at Windsor Castle, where Hugh Pearson was a Canon (1876–82).

Hugh Pearson (1817–1882) was vicar of Sonning and a Canon at Windsor, both in Berkshire, England.

Life Hugh Pearson was the son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson (1776–1856), who was Dean of Salisbury (1823–46). He was born in Oxford and studied briefly at Eton College, before moving on to Harrow School, where he was Head Boy. He then attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained his MA degree in 1841.

Pearson was ordained a Deacon in 1841 and became a curate at Withyham, near Tunbridge Wells in the same year. The church as it can be seen today is largely Victorian, with major restoration started by Henry Woodyer in 1852.

Pearson was the brother of Henry Hugh Pierson (12 April 1815 – 28 January 1873) was an English composer resident from 1845 in Germany.

Pearson was a close friend of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881), Dean of Westminster, who also attended Balliol College. (the Sonning village hall) and Pearson Road, in which the hall is located within the village of Sonning, are named in Hugh Pearson's memory. There is a bust of him in Pearson Hall. The village hall was built and opened in 1889 and Sonning Street was renamed to Pearson Road.