Jonathan Harding

Jonathan Harding was Archdeacon of Dromore from 1895 to 1905.[1]

Harding was born in King's County, Ireland and educated at Trinity College, Dublin[2] He was ordained in 1857 and his first post was a curacy at Ardnurcher. After further curacies at Ballinderry and Moira he became Vicar of Gilford in 1865.[3] He was the step father of the writer Freeman Wills Crofts.[4]

Notes

1. "Glenavy Parish Church Clergy List". GlenavyHistory.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
2. Burtchaell, G.D; Sadlier, T.U (1935). Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). Dublin: Alex Thom and Co. Supplement p52
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 592: London, Horace Cox, 1908
4. "Masters of the “Humdrum” Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Croft, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920–1961" Evans, C p147: Jefferson, North Carolina; MacFarland & Co; 2012 ISBN 9780786470242