John Sheringham

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.

References
  1. Venn, John & Venn, John Archibald. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Cambridge University Press Part II vol. v p494
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p1226: London, Horace Cox, 1898
  3. 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


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