Jonathan Kimberley

The Very Rev Jonathan Kimberley (7 June 1651 7 March 1720) was Dean of Lichfield from 1713 until his death.[1]

Born in Bromsgrove, Smallwood was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford.[2] He migrated to Cambridge in 1776.[3] He held livings at Stadhampton, Coventry, Baginton, Leamington Hastings and Tatenhill.[4]

Kimberley was appointed Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons by Speaker William Bromley in 1710, and then Dean of Lichfield in 1713.[5]

He died in Tatenhill in 1720.

References

  1. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese. Deans of Lichfield, Pages 5-8: Institute of Historical Research, London, 2003
  2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
  3. Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, 1924
  4. A history of the parish of Tatenhill in the county of Stafford. Hardy, R p20: London, Harrison & Sons, 1907
  5. "Acceptance in Lieu" (PDF). artscouncil.org.uk. p. 11. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Binckes
Dean of Lichfield
1713 1720
Succeeded by
William Walmesley


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