John Sinker (21 December 1874 – 24 April 1936)The Times, Monday, Apr 27, 1936; pg. 16; Issue 47359; col D "Obituary – The Provost of Blackburn" was an Anglican priest and author."Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde, E.B; Greenway, D.E; Porter, S; Roy, I Cambridge, CUP, 1996
Life John Sinker was born into an ecclesiastical family, the fifth son of the Reverend Robert SinkerWho Was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 Educated at Cambridge University,Who was Who. He is not listed in Alumni Cantabrigienses he was ordained in 1898.The Times Wednesday, Dec 21, 1898; pg. 15; Issue 35705; col A "Ordinations Carlisle" He was Curate of Raughtonhead with Gatesgill and then Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle."The Clergy List" London, John Phillips, 1900 In 1905 he became Vicar of Burneside and in 1910 of St. George's, Preston.The Times, Tuesday, Apr 26, 1910; pg. 18; Issue 39256; col E "Ecclesiastical Intelligence" From 1915 to 1922 he was Rural Dean of the Fylde. In 1922 he became Vicar of Blackburn and in 1931 its first Provost.Burials at the Church of St Leonard in the Parish of Balderstone He died in post. His son was the Rev John Blamire Sinker.Crockford's Clerical Directory. 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
Works Memoirs of the Rev. Canon Stock, 1905 Into the Church’s Service, 1913 The Prayer Book in the Pulpit, 1915 The War: Its Deeds and Lessons, 1916 The Round of the Church’s Clock, 1917 Through the Grave and Gate of Death, 1919 Plain Talks to Lancashire People, 1925
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