John Berry (priest)
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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
- ^ Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jun 19, 1923; pg. 17; Issue 43371
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses (1715–1886): Surnames beginning A-D online version
- ^ 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