Richard Blunt
British bishop
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| Intro | British bishop | ||||||||
| A.K.A. | Richard Frederick Lefevre Blunt | ||||||||
| A.K.A. | Richard Frederick Lefevre Blunt | ||||||||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||||||||
| was | Priest | ||||||||
| Work field | Religion | ||||||||
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| Religion: | Anglicanism | ||||||||
| Birth | 1833 | ||||||||
| Death | 23 January 1910 (aged 77 years) | ||||||||
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Biography
Richard Frederick Lefevre Blunt was the first Anglican Bishop of Hull in the modern era; and served from 1891 until his death in 1910.
Life
Born in 1833 and educated at Merchant Taylors' and King's College London, his first post after Ordination was as a Curate at St Paul, Cheltenham. After serving as vicar of Scarborough and Archdeacon of the East Riding (1873–1891) he was elevated in 1891 to the Episcopate as a Suffragan to the Archbishop of York.
He was vicar of All Saints, Hessle (near Hull) from 1905 to 1910. He died on 23 January 1910 and is buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham.