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.
- ^ 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
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p1226: London, Horace Cox, 1898
- ^ National Archives
- ^ '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
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.
- ^ 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
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p1226: London, Horace Cox, 1898
- ^ National Archives
- ^ '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