Jonathan Brooks (priest)

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Jonathan Brooks(1774 - 1855) was the inaugural[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol11/pp49-50 British 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.[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp89074/jonathan-brooks NPG details]

Brooks was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.{{Acad|id=BRKS793J|name=Brooks, Jonathan}} After curacies in Walton-on-the-Hill and Liverpool he was the Rector of St Nicholas Liverpool[http://www.liv.ac.uk/mcs/lfs/docs/060811LHF15Aug.pdf University 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 25509[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D18730 National Archives] There is a statue to him inside St George's Hall, Liverpool.[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/place/lpoolstgeo.htm St George's Hall and St John's Gardens, Liverpool][http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/statue/brooks01.html Liverpool Monuments] The monument was carved by Benjamin Edward Spence.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.362