[1][2][3] Born in 1964 at Southport, Lancashire, the son of Ronald Hesketh, a kinsman of the Hesketh-Fleetwood baronets, and Jacquline née Matthew,[2][4] he was brought up on the Isle of Man,[5] and educated at St Ninian's High School, Douglas.
[5] He graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree and the Associateship of King's College (AKC) qualification.
[2] During this time he also undertook postgraduate research at KCL, taking a doctorate of Philosophy (PhD, Londin) in 1984.
[1] When Dr Mark Beach resigned as Dean in January 2015, Hesketh was appointed Acting-Dean.
[1] Hesketh was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent in 2019,[10] and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Canterbury Christ Church University in 2023.