John Rickards (priest)

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