John Thorpe (priest)

The Ven. John Henry Thorpe, MA, BD was Archdeacon of Macclesfield ^[1] from 1921 until his death.

Born in Rathmines and educated at The High School, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin ^[2] he held incumbencies at St Peter's, Cork, St Saviour's, Nottingham and St George's, Stockport before his years as an Archdeacon.

He died on 7 January 1932.^[3] His son was the Coalition Conservative MP for Manchester Rusholme from 1919 to 1923.

Notes

↑ thePeerage.com
↑ ‘THORPE, Ven. John Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 16 July 2012
↑ Archdeacon Thorpe The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 08, 1932; pg. 12; Issue 46025. (240 words)

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Edward Mercer	Archdeacon of Macclesfield 1922–1931	Succeeded by John Hornby Armitstead

Archdeacons of Macclesfield

James Kelly Arthur Gore Maxwell Woosnam Maitland Wood Edward Mercer John Thorpe John Armitstead Frank Okell Tyler Whittle Thomas Clarke Harry Saunders Francis House Rennie Simpson John Gaisford Richard Gillings Ian Bishop

Diocese of Chester

Chester Cathedral Bishop's House, Chester Church House, Chester St John's, Chester

Office holders	The Bishop of Chester, Peter Forster The Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead, Keith Sinclair The Bishop suffragan of Stockport, Libby Lane AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Chester, Gordon McPhate The Archdeacon of Chester, Michael Gilbertson The Archdeacon of Macclesfield, Ian Bishop

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