Jonathan Brooks(1774 - 1855) was the inauguralBritish History On-line Archdeacon of Liverpool.'ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE' Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser (Exeter, England), Thursday, October 5, 1848; Issue 4321.NPG details
Brooks was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. After curacies in Walton-on-the-Hill and Liverpool he was the Rector of St Nicholas LiverpoolUniversity of Liverpool from 1828 to 1855; and Rural Dean of Warrington from 1850.University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 16, 1850; pg. 4; Issue 20673
He died on 28 September 1855.THE LATE ARCHDEACON BROOKS. The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, October 05, 1855; pg. 5; Issue 25509National Archives There is a statue to him inside St George's Hall, Liverpool.St George's Hall and St John's Gardens, LiverpoolLiverpool Monuments The monument was carved by Benjamin Edward Spence.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.362
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