John Edward Blakeney (7 December 1824 – 12 January 1895) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

in the 19th century. He was educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1849. After a curacy at Christ Church Claughton he became

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of St Paul, Sheffield in 1860. He was

Archdeacon of Sheffield The Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Sheffield, responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the six area deaneries. History On 18 April 1884 the Archdeaconry of Sh ...

from 1884 until"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blakeney, John Edward 1824 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 19th-century Irish Anglican priests Archdeacons of Sheffield 1895 deaths