George Bland

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George Bland [1] (1806–1880) was a nineteenth-century English clergyman. [2] He was Archdeacon of Lindisfarne [3] then Archdeacon of Northumberland. [4]

Life

Bland's mother was a sister of Edward Maltby, Bishop of Chichester then Durham. [5] He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, [6] and ordained in 1831. [7] He began his ecclesiastical career as Domestic Chaplain to his uncle at Chichester [8] after which he was the incumbent at St Peter, Slinfold. [9] In 1844 Maltby appointed him Archdeacon of Lindisfarne. [10] He married Frances Sibyl Collinson in 1846. [11]

He was transferred to Northumberland (to which a residentiary canonry at Durham Cathedral was annexed) in 1853, gaining also the Rectory of St Mary-le-Bow, Durham in 1856. [12] and died in post on 17 February 1880. [13] His wife died in 1897. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Durham University Library Special Collections Catalogue
  2. ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  3. ↑ Durham Cathedral Library Additional Manuscripts
  4. ↑ National Archives
  5. ↑ ‘LOCAL NOTES’ The Newcastle Courant etc (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Friday, February 20, 1880; Issue 10703
  6. ↑ "Bland, George (BLNT823G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ↑ ‘Ordinations Lincoln’ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, March 12, 1831; Issue 4
  8. ↑ ‘THE CHURCH, The Essex Standard, and Colchester and County Advertiser (Colchester, England), Saturday, October 15, 1831; Issue 41
  9. ↑ Geograph
  10. ↑ The Times (London, England), Monday, May 20, 1844; pg. 1; Issue 18614
  11. ↑ "Yonge Letters". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory , 1860 (p. 55)
  13. ↑ ‘SUMMARY OF THIS MORNING'S NEWS’ The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Wednesday, February 18, 1880; Issue 4677
  14. ↑ ayeltd
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Preceded by Archdeacon of Lindisfarne
1844–1853		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archdeacon of Northumberland
1853–1880		Succeeded by


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