John Blakeney (priest)

John Edward Blakeney was an Anglican priest in the 19th century.

[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[2] and ordained in 1849.

[3] After a curacy at Christ Church Claughton[4] he became Vicar of St Paul, Sheffield in 1860.

[5] He was Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1884 until[6] his death.

His only daughter, Martha Susan Blakeney, married in 1880 Samuel Roberts, later Lord Mayor of Sheffield, MP for Sheffield, and created a Baronet.