Jonathan Brooks (priest)

Statue of Rev. Jonathan Brooks

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]

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


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