Blackbourne, Jacob 7.dec.1862-27.mar.1936 England Norfolk, Norwich - London Surrey, Thames Ditton
organist, 1886 ordained priest 'Clerk in Holy Orders', b1896 reverend BA Bachelor of Arts, b1915 reverend MA Master of Arts, 1891 vicar of Keelby Lincolnshire while residing in North Kelsey, 1896-1898 chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, 29.nov.1905 appointed chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class and 29.nov.1910 promoted to the Forces 1st Class, retired 23.nov.1919, 1899-1901 served in South Africa (Paardeburgh), 1901-1911 in Somaliland, Chelsea Barracks, Shorncliffe, Malta, Portsmouth and Aldershot, 1908-2.apr.1911 chaplain to the Forces at Malta and reverend/choirmaster at the Barracca Church, 1914 chaplain to the 1st Field Ambulance, retreat from Mons France, chaplain to the 1st Division, then the 1st Army and eventually First Army Corps, 1915 awarded CMG, 1916-1919 returned from France to become ACG Western Command, then ACG Aldershot Command, 1918 minister at St Aidan's College Birkenhead, 1920-1923 rector of Acle Norfolk, 1923-1929 rector of North Lynn and minister/clerk of St Margaret and St Nicholas Church Norfolk King's Lynn, 1929-1930 vicar at Fretherne Gloucestershire, 1930-1936 vicar of Thames Ditton Surrey, died at The Vicarage and buried at St Nicholas Church Cemetery Thames Ditton ; 1883 he married Emily Jeanette (Essex, Leigh 1863-1943 Surrey) ; daughters Ethel (Surrey, Clapham 1884-) and Helen Gwendoline Blackbourne McCarthy (Lincolnshire, Kirmington 1887-)

Title Parts


[] God, who madest earth and heaven. Sacred song
words Heber & Whately
pub F. Pitman, London 1888

[] Queen of the earth. Song 
sung (? and composed) by Rev. J. Blackbourne in an entertainment with the kind permission of Colonel Stokes RAMC, at the military Station Hospital in County Kildare Ireland 28dec1911
[he also conducted the glees and his daughter also sang in this entertainment]

[] To all you ladies. Glee
composed and sung by Rev. J. Blackbourne in an entertainment with the kind permission of Colonel Stokes RAMC at the military Station Hospital in County Kildare Ireland 28dec1911
[he also conducted the glees and his daughter also sang in this entertainment]

[] Uncle Snow. School operetta. London 1897
music Abraham Northrop (Durham, West Hartlepool 1863-30aug1938 West Hartlepool)
libretto J. Blackburne - ? Jacob Blackbourne

[] Evergreen Cottage. Operetta. London 1908, Leeds 1908
music Arthur James Jamouneau (Guernsey, St Peter Port 26dec1865-7dec1927 Yorkshire, Kingston-upon-Hull)
libretto J. Blackburne - ? Jacob Blackbourne

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