Thomas Chatterton Hammond (20 February 1877 – 16 November 1961) was an Irish Anglican cleric whose work on reformed theology and Protestant apologetics has been influential among evangelicals, especially in Ireland, Australia and South Africa.
He was appointed curate of St. Kevin's Church, Camden Row, Dublin, and the Hammond family lived on nearby Synge Street.
He married Margaret McNay from Cork (of Scottish extraction but born in County Tipperary) in 1906, they had three sons; John Colman, Thomas Chatterton ('Chat'), Charles Kimble ('Carl') and a daughter, Doris.
His best-known books are In Understanding be Men (a handbook of Christian doctrine) and The One Hundred Texts, with Bible verses explaining Reformed teaching.
He continued to debate Catholics, with his program on radio 2CH competing with that of the Catholic apologist Dr Rumble on 2SM[4] Hammond was a controversial figure both in Ireland and Australia as a member of the Orange Order in Dublin and Sydney,[5] eventually rising to the position of Grand Master of the Orange Institution of New South Wales in 1961.
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