The Venerable John William Sheringham (20 February 1820 - 6 February 1904) was an English clergyman.
Born in Hanwell, Sheringham was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. [1] After a curacy at St Barnabas, Kensington, he was Vicar of Strood, Kent, from 1848 to 1864 and of Standish with Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, from 1864 to 1889. [2]
In 1881 he was appointed Archdeacon of Gloucester, a position he held until his retirement in 1902. [3] [4]
Sheringham died in Gloucester in 1904. He was the father-in-law of the civil servant Sir Edward Wingfield.
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