Joshua William Brooks, M.A. was born in 1790 and died 15 February 1882: he was a priest in the Church of England

Church of England

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Family

Joshua William Brooks married Frances Summerscales on 1 January 1829 in Sandal Magna

Sandal, Wakefield

-Governance:Sandal was anciently a parish town in the Agbrigg Division of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley in the liberty of Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire. Following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, Sandal Magna became one of the 17 constituent parishes of the Wakefield Poor Law Union...

, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Career

Brooks was ordained in 1820, and was successively

• Curate of East Retford, Nottinghamshire 1821 - 1827
• Domestic Chaplain to Viscount Galway
  Viscount Galway
  Viscount Galway is a title that has been created once in the Peerage of England and thrice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1628 in favour of Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. He was made Earl of St Albans at the same time...
  
   1821 - 1827
• Vicar of Clarborough
  Clarborough
  Clarborough is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. The civil parish of Clarborough and Welham had a population of 1,111 in the 2001 census. It is located 3 miles north-east of Retford. The parish church of St John the Baptist is of 13th century date, restored in 1874...
  
  , Nottinghamshire 1827 - 1843
• Rector of St. Helen's Church, Grove
  St. Helen's Church, Grove
  St. Helen's Church, Grove is a parish church in the Church of England in Grove, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
   1837 - 1843
• Domestic Chaplain to William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
  William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
  William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...
  
   c. 1840
• Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
  St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
  The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest religious foundation in the City of Nottingham, England, the largest church after the Roman Catholic Cathedral and the largest mediæval building in Nottingham....
  
   1843 - 1864
• Prebendary of Lincoln 1858 - ca. 1882
• Rector of Great Ponton
  Great Ponton
  Great Ponton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. In the 2001 census, the population of the village was 100% white ethnic origin, and 87% Christian.-Geography:...
  
  , 1864 - 1882

At St. Mary's he led a campaign to open new churches in Nottingham which resulted in:

• St. Matthew's Church, Talbot Street
  St. Matthew's Church, Talbot Street
  St. Matthew’s Church, Talbot Street was a Church of England church in Nottingham between 1856 and 1956.-History:It was formed as a parish in 1856, from the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. The site of 3,000 square yards in Sand Field off Talbot Street was bought by G.J.P...
  
   1856
• St. Mark's Church, Nottingham
  St. Mark's Church, Nottingham
  St. Mark's Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham between 1856 and 1958. The section of Huntingdon Street where the church was located, was formerly called Windsor Street.-History:...
  
   1856
• St. Luke's Church, Nottingham
  St. Luke's Church, Nottingham
  St. Luke’s Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham at the junction of Carlton Road and St. Luke's Road near Sneinton between 1862 and 1923.-History:...
  
   1863
• St. Ann's Church, Nottingham
  St. Ann's Church, Nottingham
  St. Ann's Church, St. Ann's Well Road was a Church of England church in Nottingham on St. Ann's Well Road between 1864 and 1971.-History:It was created out of the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham through the impetus of the vicar of St. Mary's, Joshua William Brooks...
  
   1864
• St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham
  St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham
  St Saviours in the Meadows is a parish church in the Church of England in The Meadows, Nottingham.The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
   1864
• All Saints' Church, Nottingham, 1864

Publications

• The Investigator, (editor), 1831-1836
• A Dictionary of Writers on the Prophecies
• Abdiel's Essays on the Advent and Kingdom of Christ, 1834
• Elements of Prophetical Interpretation, 1836