Richard Newman (7 April 1871 – 3 June 1961) was the Archdeacon of Blackburn from 1936 to 1946.
He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and Brasenose College, Oxford. He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies in Nottingham and New Mills.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 Oxford, OUP, 1929 pp940,941 he held incumbencies in Goodshaw, Whalley, Accrington and Preston before his Archdeacon’s appointment.‘NEWMAN, Rev. Canon Richard’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 18 June 2013
He died at Hythe, Kent on 3 June 1961."Obituary". The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jun 06, 1961; pg. 15; Issue 55100
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