Bruce Blaxland

abt 1859 - 1932  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Bruce Blaxland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	abt Nov 1859	Canterbury   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7]
  Residence	Nov 1859	Sun St, Canterbury   [2]
  Baptism	24 Nov 1859	St Alphege, Canterbury   [2]
  	son of Alfred Deune & Charlotte Blaxland, Sun St, chemist
  Residence	Apr 1861	13 Sun St, Canterbury   [8]
  	with father Alfred D Blaxland, 26 b Sittingbourne, chemist, druggist & dentist; mother Charlotte, 31 b Bridge; + apprentice + serv
  Residence	Apr 1871	Old Park, Northgate, Canterbury   [3]
  	with parents Alfred D Blaxland, 35, farmer of woollens, and his wife Charlotte, 43, + sister Ada D, 8.
  Education	1879 - 1882	Oriel College, Oxford   [9]
  	Blaxland, Rev. Bruce, 1s. Alfred Denne [Deune], of Canterbury, gent. Oriel Coll., matric. 15 Oct., 1879, aged 19; B.A. 1883, M.A. 1886. [Oxford University Alumni]
  Occupation	Apr 1881	Undergraduate (Oxford)  [10]
  Residence	Apr 1881	East Ham Farm, Chilham   [10]
  	with parents Alfred D Blaxford, 48 b Sittingbourne, dentist & farmer of 300 acres; mother Charlotte, 53 b Bridge; sister Ada D, 18 b Canterbury; + 2 serv.
  Degree/Qualif.	1883	Oxford University ; BA  [11]
  	Modern History, 1st class
  Occupation	1884 - 1888	St Mary the Virgin, Eastry ; Curate  [11]
  Ordination	1885	Canterbury ; Priest, Church of England  [11]
  Degree/Qualif.	15 May 1886	Oxford University ; MA  [9]
  Occupation	1888 - 1890	St Peter & St Paul, Kettering ; Curate  [11]
  Occupation	1890 - 1891	St Andrew, Bebington ; Curate  [11]
  Occupation	Aug 1890	Clerk in holy orders  [12]
  Residence	Aug 1890	Bebington   [12]
  Marriage	12 Aug 1890	St Mary the Virgin, Eastry
  	Constance Gordon Rae,   b. 22 Jul 1860, Walton House, Eastry ,   d. 11 Mar 1942, Vicarage, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray
  Residence	Apr 1891	14 Bromborough Rd, Lower Bebington   [13]
  Occupation	abt Jul 1891 - 1905	St Michael & All Angels, Lilleshall ; Vicar  [11, 14]
  Occupation	Mar 1901	Clergyman (C of E)  [5]
  Residence	Mar 1901	Lilleshall   [5]
  Occupation	1905 -	Holy Cross Abbey, Shrewsbury ; Vicar  [14]
  Occupation	Apr 1911	Holy Cross Abbey, Shrewsbury ; Clergyman Established Church  [6]
  Residence	Apr 1911	Holy Cross Rectory, Shrewsbury   [6]
  	called Abbey Vicarage on census form, Holy Cross Rectory on cover
  Occupation	abt 1926 - 1927	St Peter, Ufton Nervet ; Rector  [15]
  Residence	abt 1926 - 1927	Rectory, Ufton Nervet   [15, 16]
  Occupation	abt 1930 - 1932	St Nicholas, Ringwould ; Rector  [17, 18]
  Residence	1932	7 Cloudesley Rd, St Leonards-on-Sea   [19]
  Death	08 Oct 1932	Bay Hotel, Falmouth   [7, 17, 19]
  	On Oct. 8, 1932, suddenly, at Bay Hotel, Falmouth, Bruce Blaxland [The Times, 11 Oct 1932] On Oct. 8, 1932, after a few hours' illness, Rev. Bruce Blaxland, late Rector of Ringwould, Kent [The Times, 18 Oct 1932]
  Probate	24 Nov 1932	London ; £545 12s. 9d.  [19]
  	Blaxland the reverend Bruce of 7 Cloudesley-road St Leonards-on-Sea clerk died 8 October 1932 at the Bay Hotel Falmouth Cornwall Probate London 24 November to Constance Gordon Blaxland widow. Effects £545 12s. 9d. [NPC]
  Notes	Blaxland, Bruce, Lilleshall Vicarage, Newport, Salop. -- Or. Coll. Ox; B.A. (1st cl. Mod. Hist.) 1882 [1883?], M.A. 1886. d 1884, p 1885 Cant. V. of Lilleshall, Dio. Lich, 1891. f C. of Eastry, Kent, 1884-88; Kettering 1888-90; C. of Bebington, Chesh. 1890-91. [Crockfords 1898] Author of "The Struggle with Puritanism", Methuen, London, 1910 Wrote letter to the Times in 1932 about medieval pageantry
  Person ID	I2889	Tatham | Morris branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Constance Gordon Rae,   b. 22 Jul 1860, Walton House, Eastry ,   d. 11 Mar 1942, Vicarage, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray  (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1890	St Mary the Virgin, Eastry   [4, 12, 20]
  	Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Eastry in the County of Kent: - Bruce Blaxland, 30, bachelor, clerk in holy orders, resid Bebington, father Alfred Deune Blaxland, librarian; - Constance Gordon Rae, 30, spinster, resid Eastry, father James Adam Rae, Lieut- Colonel, J.P.; - married by licence by J W Bliss, off. minist., Rector of Betteshanger; - in the presence of: A L Rae, J R Holmes [Vicar of Eastry], C Blaxland, A D Blaxland
  Notes	resid Apr 1911: children John Bruce (19), Alan Bruce (18), Athol Bruce (16), Constance Bruce (15), Lionel Bruce (13) (5 ch in total) + 2 serv. House 12 rooms Lionel Bruce Blaxland (1898-1976) was a WW1 flying ace, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman. He played first-class cricket intermittently for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1947. When a master at Repton, he coached Donald Bryce Carr, another Derbyshire player and the future England captain. He was the great-uncle of the Kent and Derbyshire player James Graham-Brown, writer of plays as Dougie Blaxland.
  Children	+ 1. Athol Bruce Blaxland,   b. 29 May 1894, Lilleshall ,   d. 01 Jan 1978, Stalisfield Cottage, Temple Ewell  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F0770	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Canterbury, 4Q1859. [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Alphege, Canterbury, 24 Nov 1859. [S01] Census, UK, 1871. age 11 b Canterbury [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Eastry, 3Q1890. [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 41 [S01] Census, UK, 1911. age 51 b Canterbury [S02] BMD Index, death reg Falmouth, 4Q1932. age 72 [S01] Census, UK, 1861. age 1 b Canterbury [S05] The Times, university intelligence, 17 May 1886. [S01] Census, UK, Apr 1881. age 21 b Canterbury [S16] Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1898. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Mary the Virgin, Eastry, 12 Aug 1890. [S01] Census, UK, 1891. age 31 b Canterbury [S16] Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1908. [S25] Electoral Registers. [S17] Telephone Directories. [S05] The Times, death notice, 18 Oct 1932. [S38] City & County Directories, Kelly's Kent Directory, 1930. [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. marr 20 yrs