Editing Charles James Blomfield (section)

==Career==
Blomfield was elected to a fellowship at Trinity College in 1809.<ref name="AB"/>{{sfn|Wroth|1886}} The first-fruits of his scholarship was an edition of the ''[[Prometheia|Prometheus]]'' of [[Aeschylus]] in 1810; this was followed by editions of the ''[[Septem contra Thebas]]'', ''[[Persae]]'', ''[[Choephori]]'', and ''[[Agamemnon (play)|Agamemnon]]'', of [[Callimachus]], and of the fragments of [[Sappho]], [[Sophron]] and [[Alcaeus of Mytilene|Alcaeus]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref name="AB"/>

Blomfield, however, soon ceased to devote himself entirely to scholarship. Ordained deacon in March 1810 and priest in June 1810,<ref name="venn"/> he held a curacy at [[Great Chesterford|Chesterford]], then the following livings:<ref name="venn"/><ref>{{CCEd |type=person|id=8145|name=Blomfield, Charles James|title=Bishop of London|accessed=5 June 2019}}</ref>
*Rector of [[Quarrington, Lincolnshire]] (1810–20)
*Rector of [[Dunton, Buckinghamshire]] (1811–17)
*Rector of [[Tuddenham]], Suffolk (1817–20)
*Vicar and Rector of [[Little Chesterford]], Essex (1817–24)
*Rector of [[St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate]], London (1820–28)

Whilst at Dunton he educated George Spencer (later [[Ignatius Spencer]]), and they corresponded for several years after. In 1817 he was appointed private chaplain to [[William Howley]], [[Bishop of London]].  In 1819 he was nominated to the rich living of [[St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate]], and in 1822 he became [[Archdeacon of Colchester]].  Two years later he was raised to the bishopric as [[Bishop of Chester]] where he carried through many much-needed reforms.{{sfn|Wroth|1886}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref name="AB"/>

In 1828, he was appointed a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]]<ref name="venn"/> and translated becoming [[Bishop of London]], a post which he held for twenty-eight years making him the third longest-serving post reformation incumbent.  He was also the youngest known Bishop of London – his five youngest children were born in Fulham Palace – and his energy and zeal did much to extend the influence of the church.  He was one of the best debaters in the [[House of Lords]] (members of the Upper House of the Canterbury Convocation confessed to trimming their quill pens before his arrival!), took a leading position in the action for church reform which culminated in the ecclesiastical commission, and did much for the extension of the colonial episcopate; and his genial and kindly nature made him an invaluable mediator in the controversies arising out of the [[tractarian]] movement.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} In 1840 he officiated at the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Between 1833 and 1841 he consecrated four of the [[Magnificent Seven cemeteries]] of London. He also made a number of changes at [[Fulham Palace]], including planting a great number of trees which remain today.{{sfn|Wroth|1886}}  
[[Image:CharlesJamesBlomfieldMonument01.jpg|thumb|Funerary monument, All Saints, Fulham, London.]]