Harry William Blackburne DSO, [1] MC (25 January 1878 – 31 May 1963) was an Anglican clergyman, Dean of Bristol [2] [3] from 1934 [4] to 1951. [5]
He was born on 25 January 1878 and educated at Tonbridge School and Clare College, Cambridge. [6] After service as a trooper in the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry during the Second Boer War he was ordained in 1902. [7] After a curacy at All Saints, Leamington [8] he was an army Chaplain from 1903 to 1924. From 1924 to 1931 he was Vicar of St Mary, Ashford. An Honorary Chaplain to the King he was a Canon of St George's, Windsor until his appointment to the Deanery. [9] A noted author, [10] he died on 31 May 1963.
His brother Lionel Blackburne was Dean of Ely, one son Hugh a Bishop of Thetford and another, Kenneth, the first governor-general of Jamaica.
Personal papers belonging to Blackburne are held in the archives at The Museum of Army Chaplaincy.
Harry William Blackburne DSO, [1] MC (25 January 1878 – 31 May 1963) was an Anglican clergyman, Dean of Bristol [2] [3] from 1934 [4] to 1951. [5]
He was born on 25 January 1878 and educated at Tonbridge School and Clare College, Cambridge. [6] After service as a trooper in the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry during the Second Boer War he was ordained in 1902. [7] After a curacy at All Saints, Leamington [8] he was an army Chaplain from 1903 to 1924. From 1924 to 1931 he was Vicar of St Mary, Ashford. An Honorary Chaplain to the King he was a Canon of St George's, Windsor until his appointment to the Deanery. [9] A noted author, [10] he died on 31 May 1963.
His brother Lionel Blackburne was Dean of Ely, one son Hugh a Bishop of Thetford and another, Kenneth, the first governor-general of Jamaica.
Personal papers belonging to Blackburne are held in the archives at The Museum of Army Chaplaincy.