John Gorton (priest)

John Gorton (30 January 1821 – 2 September 1900)[1] was an Anglican Archdeacon in India in the mid 19th century.

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Gorton was born at Tickhill, and was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1839, graduating B.A. in 1842 and M.A. in 1845.[2] He was ordained in 1844. After a curacy at Harrow-on-the-Hill he went out with the Eccles Establishment to India, rising to be Archdeacon of Madras from 1871 to 1875.[3]

References
  1. Obituary The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 05, 1900; pg. 4; Issue 36239
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Gorton, John" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p537: London, Horace Cox, 1898


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