Harry Blackburne

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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

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
.

Notes

  1. ^ London Gazette
  2. ^ National Archives
  3. OUP
    , 1947
  4. ^ The Times, Saturday, 10 February 1934; pg. 12; Issue 46675; col C New Dean of Bristol Canon H. W. Blackburne Appointed
  5. ^ "Blackburne, Harry William (BLKN897H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ^ Crockfords (ibid)
  7. ^ Church web-site Archived 7 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
  9. GMT
    Saturday 16 January 2010
Church of England titles
Preceded by Deans of Bristol
1934–1951
Succeeded by