Percy Baker (archdeacon)
John Percy Baker (9 February 1871 – 28 December 1947) was Archdeacon of Warrington from 1934 until shortly before his death.[1]
Baker was educated at Kimbolton Grammar School, King Edward's School, Birmingham, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge; and ordained in 1894.[2] He was a curate at St Aubyn, Devonport (1894–98) then St Andrew, Plymouth, (1898–1901); Vicar of Ellacombe (1901–09) then Mossley Hill (1921–35); Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral (1920–34); and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool (1928–44).[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The Rev. J. P. Baker The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 30, 1947; pg. 6; Issue 50955.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 52: Oxford, OUP, 1929
- ^ ‘BAKER, Ven. Archdeacon John Percy’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 Aug 2015