John Oakley (28 October 1834 – 10 June 1890) was Dean of Carlisle and then Manchester in the last quarter of the 19th century.
[1][2] Born in Frindsbury, Kent, Oakley was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1858.
[1] After curacies at St Luke’s, Berwick Street,[3] and St James, Piccadilly, London,[4] he was then Vicar of St Saviour’s, Hoxton[5] followed by a short spell in Carlisle as Dean of the cathedral followed by a further six years at Manchester, also as dean.