Claude Martin Blagden was an eminent Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.
11 Facts About Claude Blagden
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Claude Blagden was born on 18 April 1874, the fifth son and youngest child of the eight children of Henry Charles Blagden and Emma Ladd Pilcher.
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Claude Blagden's father was the Vicar of Milcombe, and Claude was born in the vicarage.
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Claude Blagden was educated at Bradfield in his youth, a boarding school for young men, and from there he entered Corpus Christi, Oxford and on graduation moved to Christ Church, Oxford.
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Claude Blagden received the BA, Literae Humaniores in 1896; MA, 1899, the same year he was ordained a priest.
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Claude Blagden was ordained as deacon at Michaelmas 1898 and as priest at Michaelmas 1899, both times by William Stubbs, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church.
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Claude Blagden was awarded the diploma Doctor of Divinity in 1927, and he was a tutor at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1896 to 1912.
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Claude Blagden married, first, Edith Daisy Hassall, daughter of Emily and Henry Addison Hassall, on 28 December 1905, at Bebington.
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Immediately prior to becoming a bishop, Claude Blagden was both rector at Rugby and Archdeacon of Coventry.
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Claude Blagden held that See for 22 years before his resignation on 29 September 1949, after which he retired to Westmorland and died on 7 September 1952 at Rugby.
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Claude Blagden was survived by his wife Evelyn, who died on 10 September 1956 at Preston, Lancashire.