Person: Brookfield, William Henry (1834 - 1835)

• Comments

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  Adm. sizar (age 20) at TRINITY, June 16, 1829, 2nd s. of Charles, solicitor, of Sheffield. B. Aug. 31, 1809, at Sheffield. School, Leeds Grammar (Mr Walker). ' Matric. Michs. 1829; B.A. 1833; M.A. 1836. President of the Union, 1831 and 1833. Ord. deacon (York) 1834; priest, 1836; C. of Maltby, Lincs., 1834. C. of St James's, Piccadilly, London, 1840. P.C. of St Luke's, Soho, London, 1841-8. Inspector of Elementary Church Schools, 1848-65. R. of Somerby, Lincs., 1861-74. Reader of the Rolls Chapel, 1866-74. Preb. of St Paul's, 1868-74. Chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria. Married Jane Octavia, dau. of Sir Charles Elton, Bart. A friend of Tennyson, Arthur Hallam, Thackeray, etc.; he is described in Thackeray's Curate's Walk as ‘Frank Whitestock.’ Possessed exceptional powers of elocution and mimicry. Author, Sermons, etc. Died July 12, 1874, aged 64, at West Brompton, London. Father of Arthur M. (1870) and of Charles H. E. (1875). (Hennessy; D.N.B.)

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Trinity College

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Brookfield, William Henry	00/12/1834	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Brookfield, William Henry	18/12/1834	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Brookfield, William Henry	06/12/1835	BA	Cambridge	View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 18/12/1834 (Kaye, John/Lincoln 1827-1853)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Brookfield, William Henry	00/12/1834	deacon	letters dimissory	View
  Ord	Brookfield, William Henry	18/12/1834	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 06/12/1835 (Vernon (Harcourt), Edward Venables/York 1808-1847)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Brookfield, William Henry	06/12/1835	priest	ordination	View