John Sheringham Explained

The Venerable John William Sheringham (20 February 1820 - 6 February 1904) was an English clergyman.

Born in Hanwell, Sheringham was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.^[1] After a curacy at St Barnabas, Kensington, he was Vicar of Strood, Kent, from 1848 to 1864 and of Standish with Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, from 1864 to 1889.^[2]

In 1881 he was appointed Archdeacon of Gloucester, a position he held until his retirement in 1902.^{[3] [4]}

Sheringham died in Gloucester in 1904. He was the father-in-law of the civil servant Sir Edward Wingfield.

Notes and References

1. [John Venn|Venn, John]
2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
3. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/622e0001-240c-4258-b899-b7c20c9056b5 National Archives
4. 'SHERINGHAM, Ven. John William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 29 Jan 2017