Claude Blagden

He was born on 18 April 1874, the fifth son and youngest child of the eight children of Henry Charles Blagden (1831–1914) and Emma Ladd Pilcher (1835–1936).1881 Census of England, Newton Pagnell, Oxfordshire. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881. His father was the Vicar of Milcombe,[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798584&c=Milcombe&d=16&e=15&g=480120&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1268091121375&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area: Milcombe CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622101513/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798584&c=Milcombe&d=16&e=15&g=480120&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1268091121375&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |date=22 June 2011 }}. Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. and Claude was born in the vicarage. When his parents moved into the home, it was newly built and today it is privately owned and known as "Milcombe House".{{Cite web |url=http://www.milcombe.com/index.php?id=11 |title=Milcombe |access-date=24 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911024330/http://www.milcombe.com/index.php?id=11 |archive-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead }} Near the vicarage is the Church of St Laurence which was built of local Horton stone in the 13th century and was restored several times, most significantly just before the Blagdens moved in.

Blagden was educated at Bradfield in his youth, a boarding school for young men, and from there he entered Corpus Christi, Oxford and on graduation moved to Christ Church, Oxford.{{Who's Who | title=Blagden, Claude Martin | id = U234819 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | access-date = 13 February 2016 }}Crockford's Clerical Dictionary, United Kingdom, 1932, p. 1021 (first published in 1858 by John Crockford, the son of a priest. The directory was published every few years and is still published to this day. The directory contains biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK. It also provides other information such as details about the Anglican churches and benefices in England, Wales, and Ireland)Foster, Joseph. Oxford Men 1880–1892 With a record of their Schools Honors and Degrees. Oxford, England: James Parker & Co., 1893, p. 55. He received the BA, Literae Humaniores in 1896; MA (Oxon) in 1899, the same year he was ordained a priest."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 He was ordained as deacon at Michaelmas (September) 1898{{Church Times | title = The September Ordinations: By the Bishop of Oxford... | archive = 1898_09_30_342 | issue = 1862 | date = 30 September 1898 | page = 342 | accessed = 13 February 2016 }} and as priest at Michaelmas 1899,{{Church Times | title = The September Ordinations: By the Bishop of Oxford... | archive = 1899_09_29_335 | issue = 1914 | date = 29 September 1899 | page = 335 | accessed = 13 February 2016 }} both times by William Stubbs, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church. He was awarded the diploma Doctor of Divinity in 1927, and he was a tutor at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1896 to 1912.Crockford's Clerical Dictionary, United Kingdom, 1932, p. 1021.

He married, first, Edith Daisy Hassall (1878–1918), daughter of Emily and Henry Addison Hassall, on 28 December 1905, at Bebington.Ancestry.com. England & Wales Marriages, 1538–1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008; Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Edith had been a governess at the Deanery at Christ Church College.1901 Census of England, St. Aldate, Oxfordshire [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. Three children were born of their marriage, a son Cyprian, 1906 and two daughters Marjorie, 1910 and Felicity, 1915. During that period Blagden left his posts at Oxford and became Rector of Rugby, Warwickshire from 1912 to 1927, later Canon of Coventry from 1918 to 1920, and then Archdeacon of Warwick from 1920 to 1923.Foster, Joseph. Oxford Men 1880–1892, p. 55. Edith died on 16 October 1918 at Rugby.England & Wales, Death Index: 1916–2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861–1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright. The Archdeacon married, second, Evelyn Hester Dewar (1885–1956), daughter of William Dewar and Anne Eveline Sadler of Rugby,1901 Census of England, Rugby, Warwickshire [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. on 23 April 1922 at Rugby.England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916–2005. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.England & Wales Marriages, 1538–1940. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. The couple was married thirty years.

Immediately prior to becoming a bishop, Blagden was both rector at Rugby and Archdeacon of Coventry.{{London Gazette |issue=33250 |date=22 February 1927 |page=1185 }} He was nominated in January 1927 to become Bishop of Peterborough:{{Church Times | title = The New Bishop of Peterborough | archive = 1927_01_21_059 | issue = 3339 | date = 21 January 1927 | page = 59 | accessed = 13 February 2016 }} his canonical election by the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough Cathedral was conducted on 28 February{{Church Times | title = Personal | archive = 1927_02_18_187 | issue = 3343 | date = 18 February 1927 | page = 187 | accessed = 13 February 2016 }} and his election was confirmed at St Mary-le-Bow on 23 March{{Church Times | title = General | archive = 1927_03_25_346 | issue = 3348 | date = 25 March 1927 | page = 346 | accessed = 13 February 2016 }} — it was at this point that he legally became Bishop of Peterborough. Blagden was consecrated as a bishop at Westminster Abbey, on 25 March 1927, by Theodore Woods, Bishop of Winchester, assisted by Guy Warman, Bishop of Chelmsford; Michael Furse, Bishop of St Albans; Thomas Strong, Bishop of Oxford; Charles Lisle Carr, Bishop of Coventry; Walter Whittingham, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich; Cyril Bardsley, Bishop of Leicester (Blagden's predecessor at Peterborough); Edward Bidwell, retired Bishop of Ontario; and Nelson Fogarty, Bishop of Damaraland.{{Church Times | title = Lady Day in Westminster Abbey: Consecration of the Bishop of Peterborough | archive = 1927_04_01_375 | issue = 3349 | date = 1 April 1927 | page = 375 | accessed = 13 February 2016 }} He held that See for 22 years before his resignation on 29 September 1949, after which he retired to Westmorland{{Church Times | title = News for the Parishes — Province of Canterbury — Bishop of Peterborough... | archive = 1949_06_10_374 | issue = 4505 | date = 10 June 1949 | page = 374 | accessed = 13 February 2016 }} and died on 7 September 1952 at Rugby.Obituary- Bishop C. M. Blagden Formerly Bishop Of Peterborough The Times Thursday, 11 Sep 1952; pg. 8; Issue 52414; col E He was survived by his wife Evelyn, who died on 10 September 1956 at Preston, Lancashire.England & Wales, Death Index: 1916–2005. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Death Index: 1916–2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright.

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