Ernest Blackie

Ernest Morell Blackie (19 August 1867–1943) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Blackie was born in Leamington Spa^[1] and educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and the University of London.^[2] Ordained in 1891, he was a curate at St Mark's Gloucester and then a minor canon at Rochester Cathedral until 1900. He later became the rector of Limpsfield and then St Paul's York Place, Edinburgh before becoming the vicar of Windsor and an Honorary Chaplain to the King. From 1921 to 1937 he was a residentiary canon at Lincoln Cathedral and for seven years a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln (five as Suffragan Bishop of Grantham and two as Bishop of Grimsby^[3]) before his final appointment as Dean of Rochester,^[4] a position he held until his death in 1943.

In 1903 Blackie married Caroline Stewart, daughter of James Haldane Stewart Jr. and Emily Leveson-Gower of Titsey Place. Her father was the son of James Haldane Stewart senior (the 19th century ecumenical prelate) and Mary Dale, daughter of David Dale. Emily Leveson-Gower was a member of one of Britain's most aristocratic families and was a descendant of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Clarence, Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick or Warwick the Kingmaker William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford and John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex as well as Henry VII of England and James V of Scotland.

Children

Blackie and his wife had five surviving children:

John Haldane Blackie (1904–1986)
Pauline Margaret Blackie (1906–1994) who married Charles William Fane, the son of Colonel William Vere Reeve King-Fane
Christopher J. M. Blackie (1908–1994)
Diana K. Blackie (1912–1917)
Alice R. F. Blackie (1914–2002)

References

↑ 1881 Census
↑ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "Bishops Suffragan Appointments To Grimsby And Grantham", The Times, 25 July 1935
↑ Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Rochester The Times Thursday, 19 August 1943; p. 7; Issue 49628; col B

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Edward Hine	Bishop of Grantham 1930–1935	Succeeded by Arthur Ivan Greaves
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Grimsby 1935–1937	Succeeded by Arthur Ivan Greaves
Preceded by Francis Underhill	Dean of Rochester 1937–1943	Succeeded by Thomas Crick

Bishops of Grantham

Welbore MacCarthy John Hine Ernest Blackie Arthur Greaves Algernon Markham Anthony Otter Ross Hook Dennis Hawker Bill Ind Alastair Redfern Tim Ellis (area bishop, 2010–2013) Nicholas Chamberlain

Bishops of Grimsby

Ernest Blackie Arthur Greaves Kenneth Healey Gerald Colin David Tustin David Rossdale (area bishop, 2010–2013) David Court

Deans of Rochester

Early modern	Walter Phillips Edmund Freke Thomas Willoughby John Coldwell Thomas Blague Richard Milbourne Robert Scott (elder) Godfrey Goodman Walter Balcanquhall Henry King Thomas Turner Benjamin Lany Nathaniel Hardy Peter Mews Thomas Lamplugh John Castilion Simon Lowth Henry Ullock Samuel Pratt Nicholas Clagett Thomas Herring William Barnard John Newcombe William Markham Benjamin Newcombe Thomas Thurlow Richard Cust Thomas Dampier

Late modern	Samuel Goodenough William Busby Robert Stevens Thomas Dale Robert Scott (younger) Samuel Hole Ernald Lane John Storrs Reginald Talbot Francis Underhill Ernest Blackie Thomas Crick Robert Stannard Stanley Betts John Arnold Edward Shotter Jonathan Meyrick (Acting) Adrian Newman Phil Hesketh (Acting) Mark Beach Phil Hesketh (Acting)

Archdeacons of Stow, of Lindsey and of Stow and Lindsey

High Medieval (Stow)	Hugh Osbert William son of Osbert Roger de Almaria Richard de Almaria Alexander William de Firsby William de Thornaco John of York Hugh de Sancto Edwardo William son of Fulk II William of Canterbury W. Gilbert Michael de Benington Simon de Barton Antony de Sauzthorp Durand of Lincoln Joceline Kirmington

Late Medieval (Stow)	William Ockham William Langwath Adam de Brome Richard Northwode Walter Stauren John Islip Simon Islip John Nassington John Longespey de Regenhill Thomas Ripplingham John Bekingham Henry Chaddesden Henry Motoun Thomas Chandos Thomas Aston Hugh Hanworth Thomas Brunce Stephen Wilton William Lyndwood William Scrope Peter Irford Lawrence Booth Edmund Booth William Witham John Collinson Thomas Downe Edmund Shireff John Blithe William Sheffield Robert Frost William Smith Edward Derby

Early modern (Stow)	Anthony Draycot Christopher Massingberd John Aylmer John Harrison John Aylmer (again) Roger Kelke Thomas Sparke John Fermery John Hills Alexander Chapman Nicholas Walker James Duport Stephen Luddington Byrom Eaton John Gery John Hutton Laurence Echard Squire Payne William Bassett John Towne Robert Wharton Cayley Illingworth Henry Bayley William Stonehouse

Late modern (Stow)	John Giles Edward Trollope (Bishop of Nottingham) George Perry John Bond George Jeudwine John Wakeford Ernest Blackie (Bishop of Grantham then of Grimsby) Arthur Greaves, Bishop of Grimsby Mervyn Armstrong Lawrence Ashcroft Roy Sinker Sidney Harvie-Clark David Scott Roderick Wells (became Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey)

of Lindsey	archdeaconry split from that of Stow Herbert Parry Nathaniel Railton Lisle Marsden Clifford Jarvis Bill Dudman Christopher Laurence merged back into Stow archdeaconry

of Stow and Lindsey	Roderick Wells (previously Archdeacon of Stow) Tim Ellis Jane Sinclair Mark Steadman

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