Charles Edward Blackett-Ord, [1] (16 September 1858 – 16 July 1931) was Archdeacon of Northumberland from 1917 to 1931.
Born in Grosvenor Square, London into an ecclesiastical family [2] on 16 September 1858, Blackett-Ord was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1882 [3] and priest the following year [4] and began his career with curacies in South Shields and Ryton. [5] He held incumbencies at Ovingham, [6] [7] Newburn, [8] Stamfordham and Rothbury [9] [10] before his Archdeacon’s appointment. [11] He was appointed honorary chaplain to the Northumberland Hussars, a Yeomanry regiment based in Newcastle upon Tyne, on 23 August 1902. [12]
A keen amateur cricketer, [13] Blackett-Ord died in post on 16 July 1931. [14]
He married twice: firstly in 1887, Mary Delaval the only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Henry Chester, Rector of Ryton, with whom he had one daughter; and secondly in 1927, Grace Marcia, daughter of the Rev. Dixon Dixon Brown.
Charles Edward Blackett-Ord, [1] (16 September 1858 – 16 July 1931) was Archdeacon of Northumberland from 1917 to 1931.
Born in Grosvenor Square, London into an ecclesiastical family [2] on 16 September 1858, Blackett-Ord was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1882 [3] and priest the following year [4] and began his career with curacies in South Shields and Ryton. [5] He held incumbencies at Ovingham, [6] [7] Newburn, [8] Stamfordham and Rothbury [9] [10] before his Archdeacon’s appointment. [11] He was appointed honorary chaplain to the Northumberland Hussars, a Yeomanry regiment based in Newcastle upon Tyne, on 23 August 1902. [12]
A keen amateur cricketer, [13] Blackett-Ord died in post on 16 July 1931. [14]
He married twice: firstly in 1887, Mary Delaval the only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Henry Chester, Rector of Ryton, with whom he had one daughter; and secondly in 1927, Grace Marcia, daughter of the Rev. Dixon Dixon Brown.