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The late Very Rev. Dr. Oakley, Dean of Manchester, 1890. Creator: R. Taylor.

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The late Very Rev. Dr. Oakley, Dean of Manchester, 1890. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Russell and Sons. 'The Very Rev. John Oakley, D.D., who died on June 10, was the eldest son of Mr. John Oakley of Eastnor, Herefordshire, and was born in 1834. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, and was ordained by Dr. Tait, then Bishop of London, in 1858. His first curacy was at St. Luke's, Berwick-street, and his second at St. James's, Piccadilly. In 1867 he was presented to the incumbency of St. Saviour's, Hoxton, and remained there fifteen years. He was appointed Dean of Carlisle in 1882. On Dr. Cowie's appointment to the deanery of Exeter, Dr. Oakley succeeded him as Dean of Manchester in 1884. During his residence at Carlisle and Manchester he maintained the reputation he had gained in London as a clergyman of wide and popular sympathy. He was the author of "The Christian Aspect and Application of the Decalogue" (1865), "The Conscience Clause, its History," and of published sermons'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.

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