John Blakeney (priest)
# John Blakeney (priest)

John Edward Blakeney (7 December 1824 – 12 January 1895) was an Anglican priest in the 19th century.

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1849. After a curacy at Christ Church Claughton he became Vicar of St Paul, Sheffield in 1860. He was Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1884 until his death.

## Family

His only daughter, Martha Susan Blakeney, married in 1880 Samuel Roberts, later Lord Mayor of Sheffield, MP for Sheffield, and created a Baronet.

