John Sheringham
English clergyman
About John Sheringham
Lived 1820 – 1904 (aged 83).
The Venerable John William Sheringham (20 February 1820 - 6 February 1904) was an English clergyman.
Born in Hanwell, Sheringham was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. After a curacy at St Barnabas, Kensington, he was Vicar of Strood, Kent, from 1848 to 1864 and of Standish with Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, from 1864 to 1889.
In 1881 he was appointed Archdeacon of Gloucester, a position he held until his retirement in 1902.
Sheringham died in Gloucester in 1904. He was the father-in-law of the civil servant Sir Edward Wingfield.
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English clergyman
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John Sheringham was born on 20 February 1820.
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John Sheringham died on 6 February 1904.
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