BLACKSTONE, HENRY; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. scholar 1616.
BLACKSTONE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1717; in under school list 1721. [Perhaps John Blackston (sic), son of William Blackston, and Ann ---, bapt. St. Faith’s, London 13 Apr 1708 (IGI)]
BLACKWELL, GEORGE GRAHAM, eldest son of Maj. James Blackwell, Whitelocke’s Regt., and Maria Wood; b.; adm. Lady Day 1814; left 19 Mar 1818; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1819, aged 18; of Ampney Park, Gloucs.; m. 1829 Elizabeth Emma Eardley, elder dau. of Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, Bart.; d. 30 Mar 1838.
BLACKWELL, SIR LAMBERT, BART., only son of Sir Charles Blackwell, Bart., and Anne, dau. of Sir William Clayton, Bart., MP; b.; succ. as 3rd baronet 18 Jul 1741; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1744 (Morel's); left 1750; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1750; m. at Rotterdam, Netherlands, 19 Oct 1760 (IGI) Amelia, widow of Michael Pope, Whitsun Court, Bristol, and dau. of Col. --- Martin; d. 9 May 1801.
BLACKWELL, THOMAS WILLIAM; b. 22 May 1808; adm. 9 Oct 1822 (Singleton's).
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BLACKWOOD, JOHN, brother of Shovel Blackwood (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1742 (Bainbrigg's); left 1745; Col. in Dutch service; of Pitreavie, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, and Cheshunt Nunnery, Herts.; m. 22 Jul 1767 Catherine Anne, dau. of William Janssen, Hill Street, St. George’s, Hanover Square; buried Crayford, Kent 14 Dec 1780.
BLACKWOOD, SHOVEL, son of John Blackwood, Charlton, Kent, merchant, and Anne, widow of Hon. Robert Mansel MP, and dau. of Admiral Sir Cloudisley Shovell MP; half-brother of Thomas Mansel (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1736 (Armfeild's); KS 1743; left 1743; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards, 9 May - 24 Sep 1746; of Howberry, Crayford, Kent, and Pitreavie, Dunfermline, Fifeshire; m. 1767 Sarah, widow of Daniel Rooke (IGI), and dau. of --- Turner; d. 12 May 1810.
BLACOW, RICHARD, son of Henry Blacow, Barton, Lancs.; bapt. Broughton, Lancs. 8 Sep 1765 (IGI); adm. 16 Sep 1783 (a few days after his admission to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, but it may be presumed that he did not go into residence at Cambridge immediately); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Sep 1783, aged 18, matr. Mich. 1784, scholar 1786; BA 1788; MA 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Nov 1788; ordained; Perpetual Curate, West Derby Chapel, Walton on the Hill, Lancs., from 1798; Perpetual Curate, St. Mark’s, Liverpool, from 1803; d. 23 Dec 1845.
BLADEN, MARTIN, son of Nathaniel Bladen, Bolton Percy, Yorks., and Isabella, dau. of Sir William Fairfax, Kt., Steeton, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS 1695; left 1697; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Apr 1697, aged 16, matr. 1697; adm. Inner Temple, 23 Mar 1696/7; Ensign, Col. T. Fairfax’s Regt. of Foot, 12 Dec 1697; Ensign of a company added to this Regt. in Ireland, 1 Mar 1702; Capt., Sir Charles Hotham’s new Regt. of Foot, 25 Mar 1705; served in Low Countries and Spain; ADC to Lord Galway; attained rank of Brevet Col.; Col. of a British Regt. raised in Spain, 26 Oct 1709; sold out 26 Jun 1710; Comptroller of the Mint, 23 Dec 1714-27; MP Stockbridge 1715-34, Maldon 1734-41, Portsmouth from 1741; Joint Secretary to Lord Justices of Ireland and to Lord Lieut. of Ireland Sep 1715 - Apr 1717; MP (I) Bandon Bridge 1715-27; Privy Councillor (I) 1 Nov 1715; director, Royal African Company, 1717-26; a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations from 13 Jul 1717; Joint Commissioner to Court of France for settling plantation boundaries in America, 1719-20; First Commissioner and Plenipotentiary to the Conference for settling commerce at Antwerp, Jun 1732 - Feb 1742; one of Sir Robert Walpole’s steadiest supporters in the House of Commons; author of Solon (a tragi-comedy), 1705, and of an English translation of Caesar’s Commentaries, 1712; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Col. --- Gibbs; m. 2nd, 29 Mar 1728 Frances, widow of John Foche, Aldborough Hatch, Essex, and niece of Col. Joseph Jory, West India merchant; d. 15 Feb 1745/6. DNB.