Education
Born in Grosvenor Square, London into an ecclesiastical family on 16 September 1858, Blackett-Ord was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Born in Grosvenor Square, London into an ecclesiastical family on 16 September 1858, Blackett-Ord was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
He was ordained deacon in 1882 and priest the following year and began his career with curacies in South Shields and Ryton. He held incumbencies at Ovingham, Newburn, Stamfordham and Rothbury before his Archdeacon’s appointment. A keen amateur cricketer,Blackett-Ord died in post on 16 July 1931.