Alfred Blunt
| Alfred Blunt | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Bradford | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bradford |
| In office | 1931–1955 |
| Predecessor | Arthur Perowne |
| Successor | Donald Coggan |
| Other posts | Canon of Derby and bishop's examining chaplain (1927–1931) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1904 (deacon); 1905 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1931 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 September 1879 St Malo, Brittany, France |
| Died | 12 June 1957 (aged 77) York, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Maggie Duke |
| Children | one son, one daughter |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Alfred Walter Frank Blunt (24 September 1879 – 12 June 1957) was a Church of England bishop. He was the second Bishop of Bradford from 1931 to 1955 and is best known for a speech that exacerbated the Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII.
Blunt was born at St Malo, France, where he was brought up before his mother returned the family to England in 1887. He was younger son in second marriage of Captain F T Blunt (died 1881) of the British colonial service, ultimately Chief Civil Commissioner for the Seychelles. He was privately educated by his widowed mother, and attended Church Hill preparatory school at Crondall near Farnham, Hampshire, before entering Marlborough College in 1893.
He entered Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1901 and Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1904. He was later granted by the same university the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity (BD) in 1918 and an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1932.
Blunt was elected as a tutorial Fellow of Exeter College in March 1902, and as Assistant Master of Wellington College later in 1902 before studying for priesthood at Cuddesdon Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1904 and priest in 1905 by Francis Paget, Bishop of Oxford, in whose diocese he served as a licensed preacher until 1907, when he became curate at Carrington, Nottingham, an industrial parish. He became its perpetual curate, or vicar, in 1909. He also became examining chaplain to Edwyn Hoskyns (and his successor Bernard Heywood), Bishop of Southwell, its diocesan, from 1911 until 1927.
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