Thomas Jex-Blake

The Very Rev Dr Thomas William Jex-Blake (26 Jan 1832 - 2 July 1915) was an eminent^[1] Anglican clergyman^[2] and educationalist.

He was born in 1832 the son of lawyer Thomas Jex-Blake and the brother of Sophia Jex-Blake and educated at Rugby^[3] and University College, Oxford.^[4] He began a career as a school master at Marlborough and was then Assistant Master at Rugby. From 1868 to 1874 he was Principal of Cheltenham College and from 1874 to 1887 was Headmaster of Rugby^[5] then Rector of Alvechurch.

In 1891 he was appointed Dean of Wells,^[6] a post he held for a decade. He died on 2 July 1915.^[7]

He had married Henrietta Cordery in 1857: they had two sons and nine daughters. One son was Arthur John Jex-Blake, a successful doctor and a daughter was Katharine Jex-Blake.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edward Hayes Plumptre	Dean of Wells 1891– 1911	Succeeded by Joseph Armitage Robinson

References

^ National Archives
^ Deans of Wells
^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
^ The Times, Tuesday, 24 May 1853; p. 6; Issue 21436; col D University Intelligence. Oxford, May 21., First Public Examination.-Easter Term. 1853
^ thePeerage.com
^ New Dean Of Wells The Times Thursday, 12 February 1959; p. 12; Issue 54383; col D
^ Death Of Dr. Jexblake. Late Dean Of Wells. The Times Saturday, 3 July 1915; p. 11; Issue 40897; col E

Deans of Wells

15th century	Thomas Tuttebury • Richard Courtenay • Thomas Karneka • Walter Medeford • John Stafford • John Forest • Nicholas Carent • William Witham • John Gunthorpe

16th century	William Cosyn • Thomas Wynter • Richard Woleman • Thomas Cromwell • William FitzWilliams • John Goodman • William Turner • Edmund Stewarde • Robert Weston • Valentine Dale • John Herbert

17th century	Benjamin Heydon • Richard Meredith • Ralph Barlow • George Warburton • Walter Raleigh • Robert Creyghton • Ralph Bathurst

18th century	William Grahme • Matthew Brailsford • Isaac Maddox • John Harris • Samuel Creswick • Hon. Francis Seymour • George William Lukin

19th century	Hon. Henry Ryder • Edmund Goodenough • Richard Jenkyns • George Henry Sacheverell Johnson • Edward Hayes Plumptre • Thomas Jex-Blake

20th century	Joseph Armitage Robinson • Richard Malden • Frederick Harton • Christopher Woodforde • Irven David Edwards • Patrick Reynolds Mitchell • Richard Lewis

21st century	John Martin Clarke

Office holders in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

The Bishop of Bath and Wells • The Bishop of Taunton • The Dean of Wells • The Archdeacon of Bath The Archdeacon of Taunton The Archdeacon of Wells

Persondata
Name	Jex-Blake, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	schoolmaster
Date of birth	1907
Place of birth
Date of death	1962
Place of death