John Berry (priest)
John Harcourt Berry (1849- 1923) was a Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He was the Chaplain of the Fleet, serving from 1899 to 1901.[1]
Berry was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He was ordained deacon in 1874 and priest in 1875 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Preston-on-Stour.[3] He served with the Navy from 1876[4] to[5] 1901[6]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ "Ecclesiastical News". The Times. No. 43371. London, England. 19 June 1923. p. 17.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory118 London, Horace Cox, 1868
- ^ London Gazette 28 March 1876
- ^ "THE NAVY LIST, CORRECTED TO THE 20TH DECEMBER, 1879"
- ^ Malta Family History
