John Rickards (priest)

John Witherston Rickards
Born(1844-01-22)22 January 1844
Kullumghee, India
Died21 June 1921(1921-06-21) (aged 77)
Dixton, Monmouthshire
OccupationPriest

John Witherston Rickards (22 January 1844 – 21 June 1921), priest, founded the Anglican Parish of St Cyprian the Martyr at New Rush, Kimberley, on the South African Diamond Fields, in 1871. He served a curacy at St Cyprian's, Marylebone, London, and following his time in South Africa he was vicar of Dixton in Monmouthshire, from 1886 until his death in 1921.

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