Charles Blackett-Ord
Charles Edward Blackett-Ord,[1] (16 September 1858 – 16 July 1931) was Archdeacon of Northumberland from 1917 to 1931.
Born in Grosvenor Square, London into an ecclesiastical family[2] on 16 September 1858, Blackett-Ord was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1882[3] and priest the following year [4] and began his career with curacies in South Shields and Ryton.[5] He held incumbencies at Ovingham,[6][7] Newburn,[8] Stamfordham and Rothbury[9][10] before his Archdeacon’s appointment.[11] He was appointed honorary chaplain to the Northumberland Hussars, a Yeomanry regiment based in Newcastle upon Tyne, on 23 August 1902.[12]
A keen amateur cricketer,[13] Blackett-Ord died in post on 16 July 1931.[14]
He married twice: firstly in 1887, Mary Delaval the only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Henry Chester, Rector of Ryton, with whom he had one daughter; and secondly in 1927, Grace Marcia, daughter of the Rev. Dixon Dixon Brown.
References
[edit]- ^ University of Aberdeen Archival Database
- ^ He was the 4th son of the Rev. John Alexander Blackett-Ord, sometime incumbent of Woolsington and Heddon-on-the-Wall ‘ BLACKETT ORD, Ven. Charles Edward’’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 1 April 2013
- ^ Durham. Ordinations. Deacons. The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 05, 1882; pg. 8; Issue 30525
- ^ Durham. Ordinations. Priests. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 22, 1883; pg. 4; Issue 30826
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1929–30 Oxford, OUP,1929 p115
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence. The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 19, 1891; pg. 8; Issue 33459
- ^ "Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland: its history, traditions, folk-lore and scenery" Dixon, D.D:Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Robert Redpath, 1903
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 14, 1901; pg. 5; Issue 36351
- ^ Church Appointments The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 25, 1917; pg. 3; Issue 41618
- ^ "No. 27467". The London Gazette. 22 August 1902. p. 5469.
- ^ Cricket Archive
- ^ Obituary:The Archdeacon Of Northumberland The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 17, 1931; pg. 16; Issue 45877
