Joshua William Brooks, M.A. was born in 1790 and died 15 February 1882: he was a priest in the

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Family

Joshua William Brooks married Frances Summerscales on 1 January 1829 in

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, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Career

Brooks was ordained in 1820, and was successively *Curate of

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, Nottinghamshire 1821 - 1827 *Domestic Chaplain to

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1821 - 1827 *Vicar of

St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough St John the Baptist's Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Clarborough, Nottinghamshire, England. History The church dates from the 13th century. It was restored in 1874 by James Fowler of Louth. The 1086 ''Domesday Bo ...

and St Saviour's Church Retford Nottinghamshire 1827 - 1843 *Rector of St. Helen's Church, Grove 1837 - 1843 *Domestic Chaplain to

William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, (24 July 1783 – 11 May 1843) was an Anglo-Irish statesman. A Tory, he served in the governments of Lord Wellington and Robert Peel, but is best known for his defeat in the 1828 Clare ...

c. 1840 *Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham 1843 - 1864 *Prebendary of Lincoln 1858 - ca. 1882 *Rector of

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, 1864 - 1882 At St. Mary's he led a campaign to open new churches in Nottingham which resulted in: * St. Matthew's Church, Talbot Street 1856 * St. Mark's Church, Nottingham 1856 *

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1863 *

St. Ann's Church, Nottingham St. Ann's Church, St. Ann's Well Road was a Church of England church in Nottingham on St. Ann's Well Road between 1864 and 1971. History It was created out of the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham through the impetus of the vicar of St. ...

1864 *

St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham Saint Saviour's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in The Meadows, Nottingham. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic inter ...

1864 *

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, 1864

Publications

*''The Investigator'', (editor), 1831-1836 *''A Dictionary of Writers on the Prophecies'' *''Abdiel's Essays on the Advent and Kingdom of Christ'', 1834 *''Elements of Prophetical Interpretation'', 1836

References

*Bowen, M. W. (1997) ''The Anglican Church in the Industrialised Town, St. Mary's Parish, Nottingham 1770-1884'' (M. W. Bowen, MA, M Phil, University of Nottingham, October 1997) {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Joshua William 1790 births 1882 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests Vicars of St Mary's Church, Nottingham