Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston
| Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston | |
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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford |
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In office 1917–1920 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Banks Strong |
| Succeeded by | Lewis Richard Farnell |
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5 September 1862 Hastings |
| Died | 29 July 1942 (aged 79) Oxford |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Religion | Church of England |
Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (5 September 1862 – 29 July 1942) was an English academic and clergyman who served as President of Trinity College, Oxford, and as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Herbert Blakiston was born in Hastings the son of artist, Douglas Yeoman Blakiston (1832–1914) and Sophia Matilda Dent (1826–1912). His father subsequently became a clergyman and the family moved to the vicarage at East Grinstead. Blackstone was a descendent of Sir Matthew Blakiston, the Lord Mayor of London from 1760–1761; he was the great-grandson of Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Baronet Blakiston.
Herbert Blakiston was the eldest of six children, he had two sisters and three brothers. His brother Charles was killed in a firearm accident, at the age of 24, in October 1887. A house surgeon at the Royal Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury, he was accidentally shot in the back while hunting rabbits with a colleague. Another brother, William, accidentally fell under a train at Charing Cross Station on the night of 1 October 1889, and died in hospital some days later. The third brother, John, was a telegraph clerk who was among those killed while defending Mazowe, Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) on 18 June 1896, during the Second Matabele War.
Herbert Blakiston's parents and sisters all died within a four-year period, just before World War I.
Blakiston attended Tonbridge School. He also studied at Trinity College, Oxford, gaining a first class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1885. He was ordained and became Fellow, Chaplain, and Lecturer at Trinity College in 1887. He then became Tutor in 1892, Senior Tutor and Junior Bursar in 1898, before being elected President of the College in March 1907. He also served simultaneously as Estates Bursar (1915–38). Blakiston was not the college fellows' first choice for the presidency. Robert Rapier was the preferred candidate but he turned the position down, citing his advancing age as an obstacle.
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