Thomas Hancock (19 July 1832 - 24 September 1903) was a Church of England priest, journalist and historian of the mid-17th century. He was also a leading activist in the Christian Socialist movement, and a major member of the Guild of St Matthew.
He was schooled at Merchant Taylors' School. He wrote The Peculium for Joseph Rowntree's prize competition and it was noticed by one of the prize judges Frederick Denison Maurice, who suggested he seek ordained ministry. He was ordained in 1863 by Samuel Wilberforce, followed by a series of curacies in Buckinghamshire, Leicester, Holy Trinity Westminster and Lewisham.
These lasted until 1875, when he was given a Society for the Propagation of the Gospel chaplaincy in Seelisberg, Champfèr and Axenstein for five years. In 1883 Henry Cary Shuttleworth made him lecturer of St Nicholas Cole Abbey in the City of London, a post he held until his death.
As a journalist he was a contributor to the Saturday Review, Church Times, Athenaeum, Weekly Times and the journal of the Church Historical Society among others and wrote special leader pieces for the Echo during the Russo-Turkish War. He died in Harrow-on-the-Hill (whither he had moved in 1879), leaving a widow (daughter of John Farmer), a son and two daughters.