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-)