Jonathan Brooks (priest)

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Jonathan Brooks(1774 - 1855) was the inaugural [1] Archdeacon of Liverpool. [2] [3]

Brooks was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. [4] After curacies in Walton-on-the-Hill and Liverpool he was the Rector of St Nicholas Liverpool [5] from 1828 to 1855; and Rural Dean of Warrington from 1850. [6]

He died on 28 September 1855. [7] [8] There is a statue to him inside St George's Hall, Liverpool. [9] [10] The monument was carved by Benjamin Edward Spence. [11]

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References

  1. British History On-line
  2. 'ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE' Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser (Exeter, England), Thursday, October 5, 1848; Issue 4321.
  3. NPG details
  4. "Brooks, Jonathan (BRKS793J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. University of Liverpool
  6. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 16, 1850; pg. 4; Issue 20673
  7. THE LATE ARCHDEACON BROOKS. The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, October 05, 1855; pg. 5; Issue 25509
  8. National Archives
  9. St George's Hall and St John's Gardens, Liverpool
  10. Liverpool Monuments
  11. Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.362