John Blakeney (priest)

John Edward Blakeney (7 December 1824 – 12 January 1895)[1] was an Anglican priest in the 19th century.[2]

Memorial in Sheffield Cathedral

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1849.[3] After a curacy at Christ Church Claughton [4] he became Vicar of St Paul, Sheffield in 1860.[5] He was Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1884 until[6] his death.

Family

His only daughter, Martha Susan Blakeney, married in 1880 Samuel Roberts, later Lord Mayor of Sheffield, MP for Sheffield, and created a Baronet.

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References
  1. thePeerage.dom
  2. Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life 1866-1916
  3. Daily News (London, England), Wednesday, March 7, 1849; Issue 867 Ordinations Diocese of Ripon
  4. Church website
  5. The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. Supplement. (Sheffield, England), Saturday, April 21, 1860; pg. 6; Issue 2113. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  6. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
Church of England titles
First Archdeacon of Sheffield
1884–1895		 Succeeded by
Henry Favell
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