James Bland (priest) explained

James Bland (c. 1666 – March 1728) was an English Anglican priest in Ireland.^[1]

Bland was educated at Sedbergh School^[2] and St John's College, Cambridge.^[3]

He moved to Ireland in 1692 as chaplain to Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, the newly appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Bland became Archdeacon of Limerick on 1 June 1693, resigned in 1705,^[4] and became Archdeacon of Aghadoe on 12 July that year. He became Treasurer of Ardfert in 1711^[5] and Dean of Ardfert in 1728.^[6]

He was married to Lucy Brewster, the eldest daughter of Sir Francis Brewster, Alderman of Dublin; and died as Vicar of Killarney in March 1728.^[7]

References

1. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . Third . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 332–334 .
2. Sedbergh School Register
3. [John Venn|Venn, John]
4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p402: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p449: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
6. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p443: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
7. Nicholas Carlisle, Collections for a history of the ancient family of Bland, London:W. Nicol, 1826, pp. 268-284