John Sinker

John Sinker (21 December 1874 – 24 April 1936) was an Anglican priest and author.

Life

John Sinker was born into an ecclesiastical family, the fifth son of the Reverend Robert Sinker Educated at Cambridge University, he was ordained in 1898. He was Curate of Raughtonhead with Gatesgill and then Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle. In 1905 he became Vicar of Burneside and in 1910 of St. George's, Preston. From 1915 to 1922 he was Rural Dean of the Fylde. In 1922 he became Vicar of Blackburn and in 1931 its first Provost. He died in post. His son was the Rev John Blamire Sinker.

Works

Notes

  1. ↑ The Times, Monday, Apr 27, 1936; pg. 16; Issue 47359; col D "Obituary – The Provost of Blackburn"
  2. ↑ "Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde, E.B; Greenway, D.E; Porter, S; Roy, I Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5
  3. ↑ Who Was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ↑ Who was Who. He is not listed in Alumni Cantabrigienses
  5. ↑ The Times Wednesday, Dec 21, 1898; pg. 15; Issue 35705; col A "Ordinations Carlisle"
  6. ↑ "The Clergy List" London, John Phillips, 1900
  7. ↑ The Times, Tuesday, Apr 26, 1910; pg. 18; Issue 39256; col E "Ecclesiastical Intelligence"
  8. ↑ Burials at the Church of St Leonard in the Parish of Balderstone
  9. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory. 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941