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Jonathan Brooks(1774 - 1855) was the inaugural Archdeacon of Liverpool.

Brooks was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. After curacies in Walton-on-the-Hill and Liverpool he was the Rector of St Nicholas Liverpool from 1828 to 1855; and Rural Dean of Warrington from 1850.

He died on 28 September 1855. There is a statue to him inside St George's Hall, Liverpool. The monument was carved by Benjamin Edward Spence.

References

1. British History On-line
2. 'ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE' Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser (Exeter, England), Thursday, October 5, 1848; Issue 4321.
3. NPG details
4. "Brooks, Jonathan (BRKS793J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. University of Liverpool
6. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 16, 1850; pg. 4; Issue 20673
7. THE LATE ARCHDEACON BROOKS. The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, October 05, 1855; pg. 5; Issue 25509
8. National Archives
9. St George's Hall and St John's Gardens, Liverpool
10. Liverpool Monuments
11. Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.362

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