Claude Martin Blagden[1] (18 April 1874 – 7 September 1952) was an eminent[2] Anglican bishop[3] in the first half of the 20th century.
[4] 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).
When his parents moved into the home it was newly built and today is privately owned and known as "Milcombe House".
[7] 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.
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.