George Blenkin

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George Wilfrid Blenkin was Dean of St Albans from 1914 until his death in 1924. [1] [2]

Born into an ecclesiastical family [3] on 16 February 1861 and educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, [4] he was ordained in 1886. [5] He was successively chaplain of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and then of Trinity College, Cambridge and finally Vicar of Brading before his appointment as dean. He died on 24 September 1924.

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References

  1. "News in Brief: New Dean of St Albans", The Times , 2 October 1914
  2. "Obituary: The Dean Of St. Albans", The Times , 25 September 1924
  3. His father was Canon G. B. Blenkin, sometime Vicar of Boston, Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
  4. "Blenkin, George Wilfrid (BLNN880GW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co 1889
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Preceded by Dean of St Albans
1914 1924
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