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Joshua William Brooks, M.A. (1790 – 15 February 1882) was a priest in the Church of England.

Family

Joshua William Brooks married Frances Summerscales on 1 January 1829 in Sandal Magna, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Career

Brooks was ordained in 1820, and was successively

Curate of East Retford, Nottinghamshire 1821–1827
Domestic Chaplain to Viscount Galway 1821–1827
Vicar of St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough and St Saviour's Church Retford Nottinghamshire 1827–1843
Rector of St. Helen's Church, Grove 1837–1843
Domestic Chaplain to William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey c. 1840
Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham 1843–1864
Prebendary of Lincoln 1858 - ca. 1882
Rector of Great Ponton, 1864–1882

At St. Mary's he led a campaign to open new churches in Nottingham which resulted in:

Bowen, M. W. (1997) The Anglican Church in the Industrialised Town, St. Mary's Parish, Nottingham 1770-1884 (M. W. Bowen, MA, M Phil, University of Nottingham, October 1997)

Religious titles Preceded byGeorge Wilkins Vicar of St.Mary's Church, Nottingham 1843–1864 Succeeded byFrancis Morse

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