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John Rushton (priest)
John
Rushton
was
Archdeacon of Manchester
from
1843
until
1854
.
He was
born
at
Newchurch in Rossendale
,
Lancashire
. His
first post
was a
curacy
at
Langho
. After this he held
incumbencies
in
Newchurch in Pendle
,
Prestwich
and
Blackburn
.
He married
Henrietta
, the
eldest
daughter
of
William
Leaper
Newton
of Leylands near
Derby
in
1844
. He
died
on
21 February
1868
. His son, also called John, won a
rowing
blue
at
Cambridge
and was himself
Vicar
of Blackburn from
1877
to
1897
.