James Bland (priest)

James Bland (c. 1666 – March 1728) was an English Anglican priest in Ireland.

[1] Bland was educated at Sedbergh School[2] and St John's College, Cambridge.

[3] He moved to Ireland in 1692 as chaplain to Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, the newly appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

[6] He was married to Lucy Brewster, the eldest daughter of Sir Francis Brewster, Alderman of Dublin; and died as Vicar of Killarney in March 1728.

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