[Born 1786. Still living.]
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was Fellow. Bishop
of Chester, 1824--of London, 1828. Distinguished for his classical
attainments, and before his elevation to the bench, known as the
accomplished editor of the tragedies of Æschylus. As a churchman,
Charles James Blomfield has endeavoured to take a middle and
conciliatory course, notwithstanding his decided bent towards the high
church party. It is no reproach to the Bishop of London to say that he
has occasionally stumbled, upon a difficult and slippery path.
[By W. Behnes.]
482A. CHARLES JAMES BLOMFIELD. _Bishop of London._
[By Henry Weigall.]