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Blomfield, Charles James, 1786-1857 (Bishop)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1786 - 1857

Biography

Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857) was Bishop of Chester, 1824-28, and Bishop of London, 1828-56

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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Add.9450/C10/51-54, 1814-1824 (c.1814-c.1824)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9450/C10/51-54
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Letters to John Hailstone

Dates: 1814-1824 (c.1814-c.1824)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Charles J. Blomfield, Bishop of London, to Adam Sedgwick, 26 Feb. 1855

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/45
Scope and Contents

Choice of Headmaster of Wellington College rests with Governors, not a Committee; a testimonial from Sedgwick would carry great weight with Blomfield

Dates: 26 Feb. 1855
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Charles J. Blomfield, Bishop of London, to George H. Bowers, 2 July 1843 (Circa, no year given)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8862/2/19
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Encloses a letter, doubts whether he should send anything to writer

Dates: 2 July 1843 (Circa, no year given)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Charles J. Blomfield, Bishop of London, to George H. Bowers, 19 Mar. 1843

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8862/4/9
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He sends a letter from Dr Morris 'who is a very good judge of what is required in a Schoolmaster, having been himself a very successful one for many years.'

Dates: 19 Mar. 1843
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, to George H. Bowers, 18 Jan. 1854

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8862/5/4/37
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He will represent Bowers' statements to Commissioners; he thought the Act had settled parish question; dispute between Bishop and Chapter is "to be lamented"; Commission can only inquire and report

Dates: 18 Jan. 1854
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, to George H. Bowers, 3 Apr. 1843

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8862/4/41
Scope and Contents

Encloses a nomination from Miller

Dates: 3 Apr. 1843
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, to Walter Kerr Hamilton, Bishop of Salisbury, 1854

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9407/2/42
Dates: 1854
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter to William Otter, Bishop of Chichester, 1836

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10039/2/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Correspondence on diocesan and Church matters, with Julius Hare, Henry Manning and others

Dates: 1836
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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MS copy letter, George H. Bowers to Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, 16 Jan. 1854

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8862/5/4/36
Scope and Contents Bowers asks him, former Visitor of College and Chapter, to "watch over our Chapter affairs as now before the Cathedral Commissioners.. Our present Visitor is hostile to us. He allies himself with our opponents." (Birley, Morley and Clegg, churchwardens in 1850 and active in Manchester Church Reform Association); Chapter does not know of their intentions or proceedings until they appear in print; unfair that Chapter's answers to Commissioners are made public before Report is submitted to...
Dates: 16 Jan. 1854
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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of Chesterford, Essex to The Rev. Mr [Joseph Dixie] Churchill, Blickling, near Aylsham, Norfolk, 5 Nov 1819

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8202/87
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Arranged, bound and listed by Munby, containing letters by collectors of books and manuscripts. The letters are arranged in order of the author's date of birth. There is also an alphabetical index.

Dates: 5 Nov 1819
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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to Cadell & Davies, 24 Apr 1828-24 Apr 1856 (n.y. [1828-1856])

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8200/C2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Early 19th century letters.

Dates: 24 Apr 1828-24 Apr 1856 (n.y. [1828-1856])
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).