Edward Birch

For the Irish surgeon in India, see Edward Alfred Birch.

Edward Birch (17 May 1809 – 9 August 1886)[1] was the inaugural Archdeacon of Blackburn.[2]

He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained in 1832 and began his career as a curate at All Saints, Manchester.[4] He was Rector of St Saviour, Manchester from 1836[5] to 1868 when he was appointed Vicar of Blackburn.[6] He was also Rural Dean of Blackburn from then until his Archdeacon’s appointment.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary". The Times. No. 31834. London, England. 10 August 1886. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Ecclesiastical Appointments". The Times. No. 29035. London, England. 31 August 1877. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Birch, Edward (BRC827E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "The Rev. Edward Birch, B. A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been appointed to the curacy of All Saints, Manchester". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. No. 1627. Lancaster, England. 18 August 1832.
  5. ^ "Church". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. No. 1841. Lancaster, England. 24 December 1836.
  6. ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Hampshire Advertiser. No. 2325. Southampton, England. 21 March 1868. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Ecclesiastical News". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9237. Liverpool, England. 23 August 1877.


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