| Administrative History | John Nassau Simpkinson (1817-1894) was the son of Sir John Augustus Francis Simpkinson and his wife Mary (nee Griffin); he was the nephew of Lady Franklin. Educated at Westminster and Rugby schools and Trinity College, Cambridge, he became an Anglican clergyman, being ordained as a deacon in 1840 and as a priest in 1841, becoming Curate of Hurstmonceaux, Sussex until 1845. He was Assistant Master at Harrow, 1845-1855, then went on to be Rector of Brington, Northamptonshire, 1855-1868. and Rector of North Creake, Norfolk, 1868-1894. He married Sarah Dorothea Vaughan, daughter of Rev. ET Vaughan, Headmaster of Harrow School, at St. Martin's parish church, Leicester, 6 Dec 1849; they had at least nine children. |