John Rushton (1798–1868) was Archdeacon of ManchesterNational Archives from 1843 until 1854.
He was born at Newchurch in Rossendale, Lancashire.John Rylands Library His first post was a curacy at Langho. After this he held incumbencies in Newchurch in Pendle, Prestwich and Blackburn.Cotton Town
He married Henrietta, the eldest daughter of William Leaper Newton of Leylands near Derby in 1844.”Remains, historical & literary, connected with the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester“ Chetham Society, Vol 25, 1844 He died on 21 February 1868."DEATH OF THE REV. DR. RUSHTON, VICAR OF BLACKBURN", The Blackburn Standard (Blackburn, England), 26 February 1868; Issue 1724 His son, also called John, won a rowing blue at Cambridge and was himself Vicar of Blackburn from 1877 to 1897.Venn Database
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