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John Jones (archdeacon of Liverpool)

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John Jones (1791–1889)[1] was the second Archdeacon of Liverpool,[2] serving from 1855[3] until 1886.[4]

Jones was born on 5 October 1791 and[5] educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[6] He was ordained deacon on 19 February 1815, and priest on 24 December, the same year. After a curacy at St Mary, Leicester he was Vicar of St Andrew, Liverpool until 1980 and then Christ Church, Waterloo until 1889.

He died on 5 December 1889.[7] His son won the VC[8] while serving as a 25 years old lieutenant in the 9th Lancers during the Indian Mutiny.[9]

References

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  1. ^ National Archives
  2. ^ British History On-line
  3. ^ THE NEW ARCHDEACON OF LIVERPOOL. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Friday, 14 December 1855; Issue 2760
  4. ^ THE ARCHDEACONRY OF LIVERPOOL. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Wednesday, 16 December 1885; Issue 11836
  5. ^ D. L. Thomas, ‘Jones, John (1791–1889)’, rev. M. C. Curthoys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 9 Aug 2015
  6. ^ Venn Database[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ DEATH OF ARCHDEACON JONES Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, 7 December 1889; pg. 8; Issue 10234
  8. ^ Liverpool Echo
  9. ^ "No. 22154". The London Gazette. 18 June 1858. p. 2960.


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