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Jonathan Brooks (priest)

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Jonathan Brooks(1774 - 1855) was the inaugural[1] Archdeacon of Liverpool.[2][3]

Statue of Rev. Jonathan Brooks

Brooks was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] After curacies in Walton-on-the-Hill and Liverpool he was the Rector of St Nicholas Liverpool[5] from 1828 to 1855; and Rural Dean of Warrington from 1850.[6]

He died on 28 September 1855.[7][8] There is a statue to him inside St George's Hall, Liverpool.[9][10] The monument was carved by Benjamin Edward Spence.[11]

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