John Percy Baker (9 February 1871 – 28 December 1947) was
Archdeacon of Warrington from 1934 until shortly before his death.
Baker was educated at
Kimbolton Grammar School,
King Edward's School, Birmingham,
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...
and
Ridley Hall, Cambridge; and
ordained in 1894. He was a
curate
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
at St Aubyn,
Devonport (1894–98) then
St Andrew, Plymouth
The Minster Church of St Andrew, also known as St Andrew's Church, Plymouth is an Anglican church in Plymouth. It is the original parish church of Sutton, one of the three towns which were later combined to form the city of Plymouth. The church i ...
, (1898–1901);
Vicar of
Ellacombe Ellacombe may refer to:
* Ellacombe apparatus, a method of ringing bells
* Ellacombe, Devon
* Henry Thomas Ellacombe (1790–1885), English divine and antiquary
* Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1822–1916) was a British plan ...
(1901–09) then
Mossley Hill (1921–35);
Prebendary of
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 140 ...
(1920–34); and
Examining Chaplain to the
Bishop of Liverpool (1928–44).
[‘BAKER, Ven. Archdeacon John Percy’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 201]
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Notes
1871 births
1947 deaths
People educated at Kimbolton School
People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham
Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Alumni of Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Warrington
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