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Charles James Blomfield. ........ MY Nan’s (Rachel Elizabeth Bloomfield) MyGrandfather.
Reflections arising out of the popish aggression for the consideration of the church, laity, and Parliament : with comments on the dispute between the Rev. W.J.E. Bennett of Saint Barnabas, Pimlico, and the Bishop of London
With An appeal to the reason and good feeling of the English people on the subject of the Catholic hierarchy / by Cardinal Wiseman ( Catholic ) and Charles James, Blomfield Bishop of London 1786-1857 Church Of England. Diocese Of London. Bishop from 1828-1856
Career/ Charles James Blomfield.
The first-fruits of his scholarship was an edition of the Prometheus of Aeschylus in 1810; this was followed by editions of the Septem contra Thebas, Persae, Choephorae, and Agamemnon, and of the fragments of Sappho and Alcaeus .
Blomfield, however, soon ceased to devote himself entirely to scholarship. He had been ordained in 1810, and held in quick succession the livings of Chesterford, Quarrington, Dunton, Great and Little Chesterford, and Tuddenham.
In 1817 he was appointed private chaplain to William Howley, Bishop of London. In 1819 he was nominated to the rich living of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, and in 1822 he became archdeacon of Colchester . Two years later he was raised to the bishopric of Chester where he carried through many much-needed reforms.
In 1828, he was translated to the bishopric of London, which he held for twenty-eight years.
During this period, his energy and zeal did much to extend the influence of the church.
He was one of the best debaters in the House of Lords , took a leading position in the action for church reform which culminated in the ecclesiastical commission, and did much for the extension of the colonial episcopate; and his genial and kindly nature made him an invaluable mediator in the controversies arising out of the tractarian movement.
Later life
His health at last gave way, and in 1856 he was permitted to resign his bishopric, retaining Fulham Palace as his residence, with a pension of £6000 per annum. ( back there in 1850!!! Wow..in those days that was “ real money”.)
He died on 5 August, 1857, and is buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Fulham , London.
A memorial to Blomfield, by G. Richmond, can be seen at Saint Paul's Cathedral .
Published works
His published works, exclusive of those above mentioned, consist of charges, sermons, lectures and pamphlets, and of a
Manual of Private and Family Prayers. He was a frequent contributor to the quarterly reviews, chiefly on classical subjects.
Memoirs of Charles James Blomfield, D. D., Bishop of London, with Selections from his Correspondence, edited by his son, Alfred Blomfield (1863) (who was Bishop of Colchester.)
Personal life
He was the father of the architect Sir Arthur Blomfield ( my Nan’s Father??) , and of Alfred Blomfield, the Bishop of Colchester.
Photo- Charles J. Blomfield. Bishop Of London.
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