Celebrating Hampshire Historians

Blore, George Henry

1870 - 1960

G.H. Blore was a student (1882-89) and schoolmaster (1902-1930) at Winchester College. Much of his historical research and writing came after his retirement from the College in 1930. He was an inaugural member of the Friends of Winchester Cathedral (FOWC) in 1931 and editor of the annual Winchester Cathedral Record from 1935 until he handed over to his successor, H.S. Altham, in 1945/46.

His booklet, The Monuments of Winchester Cathedral was the first in a long-running series of well-respected and popular documents on cathedral history and objects published by FOWC. He was the grandson of Edward Blore, architect and artist, who contributed illustrations to John Britton’s The History And Antiquities Of The See And Cathedral Church Of Winchester (1817).

Sources

• Winchester Cathedral Record, vols 4-22 (1935-1953);

• Obituary in WCR vol 30 (1961);

• The Trusty Servant, 1960, No.10.

Portrait

Contribution to county’s history

Blore’s output had two, sometimes inter-linked focuses – Winchester Cathedral and Winchester College. He set the standard for well-researched historical booklets and articles at the Cathedral.

Relevant published works

• Booklet: Blore, GH, (1935) The Monuments of Winchester Cathedral (1935 and two subsequent editions), published by the Friends of Winchester Cathedral (FOWC)

• Articles: G H Blore wrote extensively for the Winchester Cathedral Record:
  • “The Shaping of the Presbytery”, WCR 5, pp. 13-17.
  • “Bishop and Dean (Bishop Willis and Dean Naylor)”, WCR 5, pp.18-19.
  • “The Cathedral in 1820”, WCR 7, pp. 12-14.
  • “The Monument of Jean Serres, Huguenot”, WCR 9, pp. 12.
  • “Flaxman's Monument to Joseph Warton”, WCR 11, pp. 6-8.
  • “The Townsend Tomb”, WCR 14, pp. 7-8.
  • “Bishop Trelawney”, WCR 15, pp. 7-12.
  • “John of Pontoise”, WCR 16, pp. 5.
  • “Richard Fox”, WCR 16, pp. 6-10.
  • “Bishop Hoadly's Monument”, WCR 18, pp. 13-14.
  • “Prior Silkstede's Chapel”, WCR 19, pp. 10-12.
  • “George Frederick Nott”, WCR 19, pp. 13-14.
  • “Transept Towers and Tournai Cathedral”, WCR 19, pp. 15-17.
  • “The Lady Chapel and Prince Arthur”, WCR 20, pp. 13-16.
  • “An Archdeacon of the 18th Century (Balguy)”, WCR 20, pp. 19-22.
  • “Repairs at the N E Angle of the Church”, WCR 21, pp. 15-17.
  • “Stephen Gardiner and his Chantry Chapel”, WCR 22, pp. 15-20.


• Books:
  • Blore, GH, (1920) Victorian Worthies – Sixteen Biographies. London: Oxford University Press
  • Blore, GH, (1938) Poems and Fragments by Wykehamists of Five Centuries (selected by G.H. Blore). Privately printed,
  • Blore, GH, (1935) Some Wykehamists of the 18th Century, privately printed, 1944. Thomas Cheyney, Wykehamist: Dean of Winchester 48-1760. Winchester: The Wykeham Press
  • Blore, GH, (1952) Thomas Rennell, Dean of Winchester from 1805 to 1840. Winchester: The Wykeham Press.
  • Blore, GH, (1953) Bishop Morley and his Friends: Ep. Wintoni, 1662-1689. Winchester: Warren & Son, 1953.
  • Blore, GH, (ud) [Life in] College in the Nineties. Winchester: Warren & Son, undated.

Critical Comments

The History was not a work based on research in historical documents.

Other Comments

G.H. Blore is an entry likely to be shared with Winchester College, where he was an assistant master (1902-1930) and Housemaster of Chawker’s (1906-1918).

Contributor

Tom Watson, Friends of Winchester Cathedral - November 12, 2021

Key Words

Winchester Cathedral, Winchester College, Bishop Morley, Dean Cheyney, Dean Rennell, Bishop Fox; Wykehamists

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