John Sinclair (priest)

John Stewart Sinclair (15 May 1853 30 April 1919) was a British clergyman who became Archdeacon of Cirencester.

Sinclair was born into an eminent family,[1] educated at Repton School and Oriel College, Oxford, and ordained in 1876.[2] After curacies in Pulborough and Fulham he was vicar of St Dionis, Parsons Green[3] and then in Cirencester[4] until his Archdeacon’s appointment.

References

  1. His father was Prebendary William Sinclair, sometime Rector of Pulborough, Sussex; and grandfather the Scottish politician Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Ulbster > SINCLAIR, Ven. John Stewart, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014
  2. ‘University and City Intelligence’ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, December 30, 1876; Issue 6457
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. ‘Ecclesiastical Intelligence’ The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 29, 1898; pg. 8; Issue 35503
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Henry Rudge Hayward
Archdeacon of Cirencester
19081919
Succeeded by
Reginald Waterfield


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