John Oakley (28 October 1834 – 10 June 1890) was Dean of Carlisle and then Manchester in the last quarter of the 19th century. [1] [2]
Born in Frindsbury, Kent, Oakley was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1858. [1] After curacies at St Luke’s, Berwick Street, [3] and St James, Piccadilly, London, [4] he was then Vicar of St Saviour’s, Hoxton [5] followed by a short spell in Carlisle as Dean of the cathedral followed by a further six years at Manchester, also as dean.
Very Rev John Oakley (28 October 1834 – 10 June 1890).