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BLACKALL, THOMAS, brother of John Offspring Blackall (qv); b. 18 May 1814; adm. 14 Jan 1829 (Stelfox's); left Dec 1831; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1832, scholar 1833-5, matr. Mich. 1832; BA 1837; MA 1840; ML 1843; MD 1848; FRCP 1848; practised in London (but living in Exeter, non-practising, by 1881); d. 4 May 1899.

Blackburn, Ernest Murray; third surviving son of Edward Blackburn, Teignmouth, Devon, businessman in Madeira wine trade, and Charlotte, dau. of Nicholas Brooking, Dartmouth, Devon ; b. 26 Nov 1856 ; ed. Winchester Coll. and Corpus Christi Coll.Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1876, aged 19 ; BA 1880 ; MA 1882 ; Assistant Master (Classics) Jan 1881 – Aug 1885 ; afterwards joint Head Master, with Charles Earle Freeman (see below), of Park House School, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent ; retired from teaching profession on inheriting a fortune from his father ; the client for whom the future Sir Edwin Lutyens designed Little Thakeham House, Storrington, West Sussex, built in 1902-3 ; m. 28 Jul 1891 Fanny Julia, third dau. of George James Graystone Reid, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, stockbroker ; d. 14 Feb 1943.

Blackburn, Maurice Cecil Mitford, son of Maj. Maurice Edgar Musgrave Blackburn, Indian Army, and Gladys Marion, d. of Robert Osbaldeston Mitford, of Mitford Castle, Northumberland; b. 17 July 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1941; KCL 1946-8, BSc 1948; flying boat captain, Aquila Airways and Eagle Aviation 1948-59, Reseau Aerien Interinsulaire, Tahiti, 1959-60; Internat. Computers Ltd. 1960-88; m. 1st, 4 Apr. 1957 Yvonne Eileen Hinns; 2nd, 13 June 1975 Sarah, d. of Col. Matthew Dunning DSO MB RAMC; d. 12 Jan. 2015.

BLACKBURNE, LANCELOT, son of Richard Blackburne, London; b. 10 Dec 1658; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1676, matr. 20 Oct 1676, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1676-85 (void); BA 1680; MA (in his absence) 28 Jan 1683/4; ordained 1681; went to Antigua, West Indies, soon after his ordination; a protegé of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (q. v. ), Bishop of Exeter; Prebendary of Exeter 15 Jun 1691, Sub-Dean 1695-1702, 1704-5; Rector of Calstock, Cornwall, 29 May 1696 (dispensation to hold with Bishopric of Exeter 1716/7); Vicar of Altarnun, Cornwall, 1699 (dispensation to hold with Calstock, 1699); Dean of Exeter 3 Nov 1705 - Feb 1716/7; Archdeacon of Cornwall 24 Jan 1714/5 - Feb 1716/7 (but dispensation to hold with Bishopric of Exeter, 1716/7 ?); Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); DD Lambeth 28 Jan 1716; consecrated Bishop of Exeter 24 Feb 1716/7; Lord Almoner from 26 Oct 1723; Archbishop of York from 8 Nov 1724; Privy Councillor 10 Dec 1724; Busby Trustee from 18 Feb 1725/6; a gay and witty divine of remarkably free manners, which gave rise to many scandalous stories; was described by Horace Walpole as “the jolly old Archbishop of York who had all the manners of a man of quality, though he had been a buccaneer, and was a clergyman; but he retained nothing of his first profession, except his seraglio” (Walpole, Memoirs of the Reign of George II, 1847, i, 87); m. 2 Sep 1684 Catherine, widow of Walter Littleton, Lichfield, Staffs., and dau. of William Talbot, Stourton Castle, Staffs.; d. 23 Mar 1742/3. DNB.

BLACKBURNE, THOMAS, second son of Thomas Blackburne, Orford Hall, near Warrington, Lancs., and Ireland, second dau. of Isaac Green, Childwall and Hale, Lancs.; b.; at school under Markham (The Wardens of Manchester, Chetham Society NS vi, 177) [but if he was at Westminster, it is much more likely that he was at school under Smith : was he really at Westminster ?]; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1776, aged 18; BA 1781; migrated to Trin. Coll.; MA and BCL 1794; returned to Brasenose Coll.; DCL 1801; adm. Middle Temple 17 May 1777; ordained deacon (Oxford for Salisbury) 10 Jun 1781; Perpetual Curate of Thelwall, Cheshire, Oct. 1782 - 1806; Vicar of Weverham, Cheshire, 12 Apr 1796-1806; Warden, Collegiate Church of Manchester, from 12 Jul 1800; JP Cheshire; m. 11 Apr 1782 Margaret, eldest dau. of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart.; d. 13 Jan 1823]

BLACKERBY, BENJAMIN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1730; in under school list 1731; 2nd Lieut., Moreton’s Marines 26 Nov 1739; Lieut., 21 Jan 1740/1; Capt., [check regt. ] 29 Nov 1745; 10th Foot, 16 Dec 1752.

BLACKETT, ARTHUR STEWART, youngest son of Rev. Henry Ralph Blackett, Perpetual Curate of Hanover Chapel, Regent Street, London, and Adelaide, youngest dau. of Richard Mills, The Grove, Camberwell, Surrey; b. 15 Jan 1865; adm. (G) 25 Mar 1876; left Dec 1881; member, London Stock Exchange; m. 19 Apr 1894 Caroline Frances, elder dau. of Maj. Charles Walsham Maynard, Royal Artillery, Elsieshields Tower, Dumfriesshire; d. 5 Dec 1922.

BLACKETT, FRANCIS ST. JOHN, son of Henry Blackett, Ealing, Middlesex; b. 24 Jun 1864; adm. (G) 23 Sep 1875; left Aug 1878.

BLACKETT, SIR WALTER, BART., only son of Sir Walter Calverley, Bart., Calverley, Yorks., and Julia, eldest dau. of Sir William Blackett, Bart., MP, Wallington, Northumberland; b. 18 Dec 1707; adm. Oct. 1717; in under school list 1720; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1723/4; his marriage brought him the Wallington estate, together with the business and coal trade interests of the Blackett family; Alderman, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1729, Mayor 1735, 1748, 1756, 1764, 1771; High Sheriff, Northumberland, 1731; assumed surname of Blackett 1733; MP Newcastle upon Tyne from 1734; succ. father as 2nd baronet 15 Oct 1749; m. 29 Sep 1729 Elizabeth Orde, natural dau. of his uncle Sir William Blackett, Bart., MP; d. 14 Feb 1777.

BLACKETT, WILLIAM, second son of John Blackett, Newby, Yorks., and Patience, dau. of Henry Wise, Brompton Park, Middlesex, and The Priory, Warwicks.; b. 19 Aug 1720; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1733; left 1738; 2nd Lieut., 2nd Marines, 1 Feb 1739/40; 1st Lieut., 11 May 1741.