Henry Bland (priest)

Henry Bland (circa 1677 – 24 May 1746) was an English cleric.^[1]

He was born around 1667 in Yorkshire and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.^[2] He was Rector of Great Bircham, Norfolk from 1706 to 1744^[3] and of Harpley, Norfolk, 1715 to 1744; an Honorary Chaplain to the King and Chaplain to the Royal Chelsea Hospital from 1716;^[4] Headmaster of Doncaster School^[5] from 1699 to 1710 and then of Eton College from 1719;^[6] and Canon of Windsor from 1723 to 1733.^[7]

In later life he was Dean of Durham from 1728 to 1746^[8] and Provost of Eton College^[9] from 1732 to 1746.^[10]

He died on 24 May 1746.^[11]

References

^ ECCO TCP
^ "Bland, Henry (BLNT695H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Bland, Henry (1706–1746) (CCEd Person ID 44055)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "The Historical Register Vol XIII" London, R.Nutt, 1728
^ "General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical" Aikin,J; Johnston,W; Morgan,T: Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute, 1804
^ College web-site
^ Fasti Wyndesoriensis. The Deans and Canons of St. George's Chapel. Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 8. The Revd. Canon S. L. Ollard. 1950.
^ Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M., eds. (2004), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 11, pp. 77–81
^ OODWOC
^ London Gazette
^ Venn database

Academic offices
Preceded by Andrew Snape	Head Master of Eton College 1720–1728	Succeeded by William George
Preceded by Henry Godolphin	Provost of Eton College 1732–1746	Succeeded by Stephen Sleech
Church of England titles
Preceded by John Montague	Dean of Durham 1728–1746	Succeeded by The Hon Spencer Cowper

v t e Head Masters of Eton College since 1711
Andrew Snape Henry Bland William George William Cooke John Sumner Edward Barnard John Foster Jonathan Davies George Heath Joseph Goodall John Keate Edward Craven Hawtrey Charles Old Goodford Edward Balston James John Hornby Edmond Warre Edward Lyttelton Cyril Alington Claude Aurelius Elliott Robert Birley Anthony Chenevix-Trench Michael McCrum Eric Anderson John Lewis Tony Little Simon Henderson
For Head Masters prior to 1711, see List of Head Masters of Eton College

Early modern

Late modern

v t e Provosts of Eton College
Henry Sever William Waynflete John Clerk William Westbury Thomas Barker Henry Bost Roger Lupton Roger Aldrich Sir Thomas Smith Henry Cole William Bill Richard Bruerne William Day Sir Henry Savile Thomas Murray Henry Wotton Richard Steward Francis Rous Nicholas Lockyer Nicholas Monck John Meredith Richard Allestree Zachary Cradock Henry Godolphin Henry Bland Stephen Sleech Edward Barnard William Hayward Roberts Jonathan Davies Joseph Goodall John Lonsdale Francis Hodgson Edward Craven Hawtrey Charles Old Goodford James John Hornby Edmond Warre Montague Rhodes James Lord Hugh Cecil Henry Marten Claude Aurelius Elliott Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield Antony Acland Eric Anderson William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill

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