John Harbord

John Bradley Harbord (1812-1896) was a Church of England priest[1] and author.[2]

Harbord was born in Liverpool on 27 June 1828[3] and educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[4] He was ordained in 1854 and after a curacy at Lower Halstow spent the remainder of his ecclesiastical career as a Naval chaplain,[5] rising to be Chaplain of the Fleet[6] from 1882 to[7] 1888. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1889[8] until his death on 13 February 1896.[9]

Works
  • Harbord, J.B. (1865). Definitions of Astronomy and Navigation Made Easy (PDF) (Hardbound). Glasgow, London: William Blackwood & Sons.

Footnotes
  1. "Religion in the British Navy, 1815-1879: Piety and Professionalism" Blake,J p124: Woodbridge The Boydell Press 2014 ISBN 978-1-84383-885-2
  2. Amongst others he wrote "Glossary of Navigation", 1863; "Short Sermons for Hospitals and Sick Seamen", 1865; "Sermons heard in my Training Ship", 1868; "Definitions in Astronomy and Navigation made easy", Cyprus: a Sermon on Acts xiii, 1878;"Manual of Common Prayer at Sea on week days. Selected from the Book of Common Prayer and arranged by the Chaplain of the Fleet", 1886; > British Library web site accessed 12:46 GMT Saturday 17th May, 2017
  3. LAN
  4. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 06, 1857; pg. 7; Issue 22621
  5. Alumni Cantabregis
  6. Supplement to the London Gazette
  7. DEPUTATION FROM THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES TO THE QUEEN The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, July 25, 1887; pg. 3; Issue 35911. (1153 words). British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900
  8. NAVAL NOTES & NEWS Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England), Saturday, April 6, 1889; Issue 5625. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900
  9. Obituary. The Rev J.B.Harbord The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 19, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34817


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