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John Blakeney (priest)

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Memorial in Sheffield Cathedral

John Edward Blakeney was an Anglican priest in the 19th century.[1]

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[2] and ordained in 1849.[3] After a curacy at Christ Church Claughton[4] he became Vicar of St Paul, Sheffield in 1860.[5] He was Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1884 until[6] his death.

Family

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His only daughter, Martha Susan Blakeney, married in 1880 Samuel Roberts, later Lord Mayor of Sheffield, MP for Sheffield, and created a Baronet.

References

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  1. ^ Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life 1866-1916
  2. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). George Dames Burtchaell / Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 73: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. ^ Daily News (London, England), Wednesday, March 7, 1849; Issue 867 Ordinations Diocese of Ripon
  4. ^ Church website
  5. ^ The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. Supplement. (Sheffield, England), Saturday, April 21, 1860; pg. 6; Issue 2113. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  6. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
Church of England titles
First Archdeacon of Sheffield
1884–1895
Succeeded by