Richard Blunt

For other people named Richard Blunt, see Richard Blunt (disambiguation).

Richard Frederick Lefevre Blunt was the first Anglican Bishop of Hull in the modern era from 1891 until his death in 1910.

Life

Born in 1833 and educated at Merchant Taylors' and King's College London,[1] his first post after Ordination was as a Curate at St Paul, Cheltenham.[2] A former Vicar of Scarborough[3] and Archdeacon of the East Riding he was elevated to the Episcopate as a Suffragan to the Archbishop of York.[4] He died on 23 January 1910.

Notes

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  2. ^ Church web site
  3. ^ Area details
  4. ^ The Times, Friday, 20 March 1891; p. 5; Issue 33277; col E The Ven. Richard Frederick Lefevre Blunt
Church of England titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Robert Sylvester		 Bishop of Hull
1891–1910		 Succeeded by
John Augustine Kempthorne