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 Tonbridge School and Clare College, Cambridge.[6] After service as a trooper in the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry during the Second Boer War he was ordained in 1902.[7] After a curacy at All Saints, Leamington[8] he was an army Chaplain from 1903 to 1924. From 1924 to 1931 he was Vicar of St Mary, Ashford. An Honorary Chaplain to the King he was a 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.
^The Times, Saturday, 10 February 1934; pg. 12; Issue 46675; col C New Dean of Bristol Canon H. W. Blackburne Appointed
^"Who was Who"1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^"Blackburne, Harry William (BLKN897H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^Crockfords (ibid)
^Church web-site Archived 7 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
^Amongst others he wrote "This also happened on the Western Front, The Padre’s Story", 1932; "The Romance of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle", 1933; "Clergy in Wartime", 1939; and "A Thought for Sunday", 1942 > British Library web site accessed 21:18 GMT Saturday 16 January 2010
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