Jonathan Brooks (priest) explained

Jonathan Brooks(1774 - 1855) was the inaugural^[1] Archdeacon of Liverpool.^{[2] [3]}

Brooks was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. After curacies in Walton-on-the-Hill and Liverpool he was the Rector of St Nicholas Liverpool^[4] from 1828 to 1855; and Rural Dean of Warrington from 1850.^[5]

He died on 28 September 1855.^{[6] [7]} There is a statue to him inside St George's Hall, Liverpool.^{[8] [9]} The monument was carved by Benjamin Edward Spence.^[10]

Notes and References

1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol11/pp49-50 British History On-line
2. 'ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE' Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser (Exeter, England), Thursday, October 5, 1848; Issue 4321.
3. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp89074/jonathan-brooks NPG details
4. http://www.liv.ac.uk/mcs/lfs/docs/060811LHF15Aug.pdf University of Liverpool
5. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 16, 1850; pg. 4; Issue 20673
6. THE LATE ARCHDEACON BROOKS. The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, October 05, 1855; pg. 5; Issue 25509
7. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D18730 National Archives
8. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/place/lpoolstgeo.htm St George's Hall and St John's Gardens, Liverpool
9. http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/statue/brooks01.html Liverpool Monuments
10. Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.362