Midgley John Jennings
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Ordinationdeacon in December 1830
priest in February 1831
priest in February 1831
Born8 June 1806
Stevenage, England
Died11 May 1857 (aged 50)
Delhi, India
The Revd. Midgley John Jennings | |
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| Missionary | |
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| Ordination | deacon in December 1830 priest in February 1831 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1806 Stevenage, England |
| Died | 11 May 1857 (aged 50) Delhi, India |
Midgley John Jennings M.A. (8 June 1806 – 11 May 1857) a minister of the Church of England remembered for his work as a Christian missionary in India. Founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel's Mission to Delhi.
Jennings was killed in Delhi along with family and other members of the mission at the outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Born in Stevenage, England, on 8 June 1806, son of Midgley Jennings.
Educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in 1829 and received his master's degree in 1832. Ordained deacon at Lincoln in December 1830 and ordained priest in February 1831.[1]