James Bland (priest)
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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]
