John Jennings (1798 – 26 March 1883) was

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from 1868 until his death in 1883. ''

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'' previously identified the John Jennings educated at

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as "doubtless" the Rector of St John's and Archdeacon of Westminster, but now states that this is a mistaken identity: Archdeacon Jennings was educated at

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, graduating

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1820,

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1832. After a curacy at

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, Hampshire, Jennings moved to

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as a curate to Canon H. H. Edwards, succeeding Edwards as rector on Edwards' resignation in 1832. He became a canon of

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in 1837,

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of St Margaret and St John, Archdeacon of Westminster in 1868, and Sub-Dean.

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19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 1798 births 1883 deaths English justices of the peace Archdeacons of Westminster {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub