George Blenkin
George Wilfrid Blenkin was Dean of St Albans from 1914 until his death in 1924.[1][2]
Born into an ecclesiastical family[3] on 16 February 1861 and educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[4] he was ordained in 1886.[5] He was successively chaplain of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and then of Trinity College, Cambridge and finally Vicar of Brading before his appointment as dean. He died on 24 September 1924.
References[edit]
- ^ "News in Brief: New Dean of St Albans", The Times, 2 October 1914
- ^ "Obituary: The Dean Of St. Albans", The Times, 25 September 1924
- ^ His father was Canon G. B. Blenkin, sometime Vicar of Boston, Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "Blenkin, George Wilfrid (BLNN880GW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co 1889