In 1858 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 24) graduated B.A. with a second class in the classical tripos at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He proceeded M.A. in 1862 and D.D. in 1879.

In 1860 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 26) was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Oxford.

In 1860 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 26) was placed in the first class of the theological examination (middle bachelors), and won the Carus and Scholefield prizes for proficiency in the Greek Testament and the Septuagint.

In 1861 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 27) was awarded the Crosse scholarship; in 1862 the Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholarship.

In 1862 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 28) was elected Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge University.

In 1863 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 29) was appointed Rector of Gayhurst with Stoke-Goldington, Buckinghamshire which office he held until 1865.

On 05 Apr 1866 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 32) and Margaret Emma Thompson at All Saints' Church, Childwall. They had eight children of which six survived him.

In 1874 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 40) was appointed honourable canon of Ely Cathedral [Map].

In 1879 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock (age 45) published "After Death"; an examination of the testimony of primitive times respecting the state of the faithful dead and their relation to the living.