Fletcher Blakely
Fletcher Blakely | |
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Born | 13 May 1783 Ballyroney, County Down |
Died | 25 February 1862 Cradley, Worcestershire | (aged 78)
Nationality | Irish |
Occupation | Presbyterian minister |
Fletcher Blakely (13 May 1783 – 25 February 1862) was an Irish non-subscribing Presbyterian minister.[1]
Biography
Blakely was born on 13 May 1783 at Ballyroney,
- 'A Dialogue,' Belf. 1817, 8vo (anon.), on the bible and other standards of faith (not seen; it was answered by a covenanting minister, not Paul).
- 'The Battle of the Two Dialogues, being a conversation between a Rev. Covenanter and a Rev. Presbyterian on the impropriety of adhering to any standard of faith except the Bible,’ Belf. 1818, 8vo (also anon.; in reply to it John Paul, then covenanting minister of Loughmourne, afterwards of Carrickfergus and D.D. (died 17 March 1848, aged 71), published his first work, ‘Creeds and Confessions defended,’ &c., Belf. 1819, 8vo, which is one of the most caustic pieces of satire ever contributed on the orthodox side of the religious controversies in Ulster).
- ‘The Doctrine of the Trinity not comprised in the Faith which was once delivered unto the Saints’ (Jude 1–3), London, 1846, 8vo.
- ‘An Explicit Avowal of Truth the best mode of teaching it’ (Romans i. 16), Belfast, 1853, 8vo (preached as president of the Association of Irish Nonsubscribing Presbyterians).
He resigned his charge on 22 September 1857, but continued to preach till the installation of his successor, John Jellie, on 27 September 1859. He died on 25 February 1862 at Cradley, Worcestershire, the residence of the Rev. William Cochrane, who had married his eldest child. He was buried at Moneyrea. He married Margaret Lindsay (1783–1825), and had four children: Jane, as above; Sarah (1814–1844); David Lindsay, inspector of Irish National Schools (1816–1854); and William Joseph (born 17 April 1818), unitarian minister at Billingshurst, Sussex, in 1839, ordained on 15 December 1840 by Bangor remonstrant presbytery as minister of York Street, Belfast, and died on 19 March 1842.
References
- Specific
- ^ Nelson, John W. "Blakely, Fletcher". dib.ie. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- General
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gordon, Alexander (1886). "Blakely, Fletcher". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.