Lancelot Blackburne | |
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Archbishop of York | |
Province | Province of York |
Diocese | Diocese of York |
In office | 1724–1743 (death) |
Predecessor | William Dawes |
Successor | Thomas Herring |
Other post(s) | Dean of Exeter (1705–1717) Archdeacon of Cornwall (1715–1717) Personal chaplain to George I (1716) Bishop of Exeter (1717–1724) Lord High Almoner (1723–1743) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1681 (deacon) |
Consecration | 1717 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 23 March 1743 | (aged 84)
Buried | St Margaret's, Westminster |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse |
Catherine (m. 1684) |
Education | Westminster School |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Lancelot Blackburne (sometimes Blackburn, Blackborne or Blackbourn[e]; 10 December 1658 – 23 March 1743) was an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate.
He was described by Horace Walpole, in his Memories, as "the jolly old Archbishop of York, who had all the manners of a man of quality, though he had been a buccaneer, and was a clergyman; but he retained nothing of his first profession, except his seraglio".