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George Bland

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George Bland[1] (1806–1880) was a nineteenth-century English clergyman.[2] He was Archdeacon of Lindisfarne [3] then Archdeacon of Northumberland.[4]

Life

Bland’s mother was a sister of Edward Maltby, Bishop of Chichester then Durham.[5] He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,[6] and ordained in 1831.[7] He began his ecclesiastical career as Domestic Chaplain to his uncle at Chichester[8] after which he was the incumbent at St Peter, Slinfold.[9] In 1844 Maltby appointed him Archdeacon of Lindisfarne.[10] He married Frances Sibyl Collinson in 1846.[11]

He was transferred to Northumberland in 1853 and died in post on 17 February 1880.[12] His wife died in 1897.[13]

References

  1. ^ Durham University Library Special Collections Catalogue
  2. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  3. ^ Durham Cathedral Library Additional Manuscripts
  4. ^ National Archives
  5. ^ ‘LOCAL NOTES’ The Newcastle Courant etc (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Friday, February 20, 1880; Issue 10703
  6. ^ "Bland, George (BLNT823G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ^ ‘Ordinations Lincoln’ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, March 12, 1831; Issue 4
  8. ^ ‘THE CHURCH, The Essex Standard, and Colchester and County Advertiser (Colchester, England), Saturday, October 15, 1831; Issue 41
  9. ^ Geograph
  10. ^ The Times (London, England), Monday, May 20, 1844; pg. 1; Issue 18614
  11. ^ Yonge Letters
  12. ^ ‘SUMMARY OF THIS MORNING'S NEWS’ The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Wednesday, February 18, 1880; Issue 4677
  13. ^ ayeltd
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Lindisfarne
1844–1853
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archdeacon of Northumberland
1853–1880
Succeeded by