John Sinker
Anglican priest and author
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Life
John Sinker was born into an ecclesiastical family, the fifth son of the Reverend Robert Sinker[3] Educated at Cambridge University,[4] he was ordained in 1898.[5] He was Curate of Raughtonhead with Gatesgill and then Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle.[6] In 1905 he became Vicar of Burneside and in 1910 of St. George's, Preston.[7] From 1915 to 1922 he was Rural Dean of the Fylde. In 1922 he became Vicar of Blackburn and in 1931 its first Provost.[8] He died in post. His son was the Rev John Blamire Sinker.[9]
Works
- Memoirs of the Rev. Canon Stock, 1905
- Into the Church’s Service, 1913
- The Prayer Book in the Pulpit, 1915
- The War: Its Deeds and Lessons, 1916
- The Round of the Church’s Clock, 1917
- Through the Grave and Gate of Death, 1919
- Plain Talks to Lancashire People, 1925
