James Aspinall


James Aspinall was a Church of England clergyman and miscellaneous writer.

Life

Born at Liverpool, England, in 1795, Aspinall was the son of John Bridge and Ann Aspinall, of Cleongar Hall, Cheshire. He graduated from St Mary Hall, University of Oxford as B.A. in 1820, and M.A. in 1823.
In 1831, Aspinall was the joint incumbent of the Church of St Luke, Liverpool, where he preached a remarkable sermon, "The Crisis, or the Signs of the Times with regard to the Church of England". In 1839 he became rector of Althorpe, Lincolnshire, which he held until his death in 1861. On 26 January 1844, he delivered an address at the major free trade meeting held at Hull, at which John Bright and Richard Cobden both spoke.
Aspinall was domestic chaplain for over thirty years to Baron Clonbrock, and was a clerical Justice of the Peace for Lindsey.

Works

In 1853, after the William Roscoe Centenary at Liverpool, Aspinall published Roscoe's Library, or Old Books and Old Times, dedicated to the Earl of Carlisle.

Family

Aspinall married, firstly, 3 October 1816, Harriet Lake. She was the daughter of William Charles Lake, from South Carolina, an estate owner in Jamaica and merchant in Liverpool, and his wife with surname Orange, of Norfolk, Virginia. They had five sons and three daughters:
He married, secondly, 17 January 1861 at West Butterwick, Lincolnshire, Annie, widow of W. Hunter of the Ings, East Butterwick, dying the same year.