Brooke Deedes (12 January 1847[1] – 28 October 1922) was an Anglican priest in the last three decades of the 19th century and the first three of the 20th.[2]

He was born in Sandling Park, Kent, the son of William Deedes senior, M.P. and younger brother of William Deedes junior, M.P..[3] He was educated at Harrow[4] and Christ Church, Oxford;[5] and ordained in 1871. After a curacy at St Mary, Charterhouse Square[6] he was Vicar of St Crispin, Bermondsey then Chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta.[7] He then served at Allahabad from 1885 to 1892 when he became the Archdeacon of Lucknow[8] He was the incumbent at Hawkhurst from 1897 to 1900;[9] Hampstead from 1900 to 1912; and St Vedast, Foster Lane from 1912 to 1920. He was also the inaugural Archdeacon of Hampstead, serving from 1912 to 1920.[10]

Deedes died on 28 October 1922.[11]

References

  1. "Births". London Morning Herald. 14 January 1847. p. 8. Retrieved 17 November 2023. On the 12th inst., at Sandling Park, the lady of William Deedes, Esq., M.P., of a son
  2. ‘DEEDES, Ven. Brook’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 May 2017
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 403. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. Speech Day At Harrow School. The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 07, 1865; pg. 10; Issue 25231
  5. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Deedes, Brook" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co via Wikisource.
  6. LMA
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p363: London, Horace Cox, 1898
  8. "Ecclesiastical Intelligence" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 16, 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33797
  9. "Ecclesiastical Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 29, 1897; pg. 9; Issue 35268
  10. "Ecclesiastical Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 17, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 39927
  11. "The Rev Brook Deedes". The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 31, 1922; pg. 7; Issue 43176


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