John Oakley (priest)

The Very Rev John Oakley DD was Dean of Carlisle[1] and then Manchester in the last quarter of the 19th century.

Born in 1834,[2] he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1858. After curacies at St Luke’s, Berwick Street[3] and St James, Piccadilly, London,[4] he was then Vicar of St Saviour’s, Hoxton[5] followed by a short spell in Carlisle as Dean of the cathedral followed by a further six years at Manchester. also as Dean. He died on 10 June 1890.

Works

  • "The Conscience Clause": its history. London: William Ridgway. 1866.

Notes

  1. ↑ Deans of Carlisle
  2. ↑ The Times Thursday 12 June 1890; pg 5; Issue 33036; Col F Obituary The Very Rev Dr J. Oakley
  3. ↑ Westminster City Archives Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Church Web-Site
  5. ↑ Historical details
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Francis Close		 Dean of Carlisle
1882 – 1884		 Succeeded by
William George Henderson
Preceded by
Benjamin Morgan Cowie		 Dean of Manchester
1884 – 1890		 Succeeded by
Edward Craig Maclure
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