Brandon Jackson (priest)

Brandon Donald Jackson (11 August 1934 – 29 January 2023) was a British Anglican priest who was Dean of Lincoln during a very acrimonious period[1] in the late 20th century.[2]

Jackson was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester,[3] and educated at Stockport School, where he was head boy, and Liverpool University. He was ordained in 1959. After curacies at Christ Church, New Malden,[4] and St George's, Leeds,[5] he became vicar of St Peter's Shipley and then provost of Bradford Cathedral. During his turbulent years at Lincoln Cathedral he was acquitted by a consistory court of allegations of sexual misconduct.[6]

Jackson died on 29 January 2023, at the age of 88.[7]

  1. ^ Meek, James (13 July 1999). "Heresy trials for sceptic priests could split Church". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. ^ Resignation details Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007
  4. ^ Church web-site
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)
  6. ^ "Leading Article: The Last Chronicle of Lincoln". The Independent. 20 July 1995. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
  7. ^ "The Very Rev Brandon Jackson obituary". The Times. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.