John Brooke (priest)

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The Very Rev John Charles Herries Brooke (June 10, 1873 – June 10, 1951)[1] was Dean of Cape Town from 1932 to 1948.[2]

Educated at Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1899,[3] he began his career as a Curate at Henley-on-Thames. After this he was Precentor at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town then Rector of Rondebosch until 1925. After a further incumbency at Yeoville he moved to the Deanery at Cape Town

Notes

  1. Genealogical web-site
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
  3. The Times, Wednesday, Sep 27, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35945; col D Ordinations. Oxford.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Sidney Warren Lavis
Dean of Cape Town
1932–1948
Succeeded by
Michael McCausland Gibbs


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