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,[3] Blackett-Ord was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1882[4] and priest the following year [5] and began his career with curacies in South Shields and Ryton.[6] He held incumbencies at Ovingham,[7][8] Newburn,[9] Stamfordham and Rothbury[10][11] before his Archdeacon’s appointment.[12] He was appointed honorary chaplain to the Northumberland Hussars, a Yeomanry regiment based in Newcastle upon Tyne, on 23 August 1902.[13]

A keen amateur cricketer,[14] Blackett-Ord died in post on 16 July 1931.[15]

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;[16] and secondly in 1927, Grace Marcia, daughter of the Rev. Dixon Dixon Brown.[17]

References

  1. University of Aberdeen Archival Database
  2. 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
  3. thePeerage.com
  4. Durham. Ordinations. Deacons. The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 05, 1882; pg. 8; Issue 30525
  5. Durham. Ordinations. Priests. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 22, 1883; pg. 4; Issue 30826
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory1929–30 Oxford, OUP,1929 p115
  7. London Gazette
  8. Ecclesiastical Intelligence. The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 19, 1891; pg. 8; Issue 33459
  9. "Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland: its history, traditions, folk-lore and scenery" Dixon, D.D:Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Robert Redpath, 1903
  10. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 14, 1901; pg. 5; Issue 36351
  11. Church Appointments The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 25, 1917; pg. 3; Issue 41618
  12. "No. 27467". The London Gazette. 22 August 1902. p. 5469.
  13. Cricket Archive
  14. Obituary:The Archdeacon Of Northumberland The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 17, 1931; pg. 16; Issue 45877
  15. thePeerage.com
  16. Dixon Brown


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