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BLAND, JAMES, son of Henry Bland, Hurworth, co. Durham, and London, merchant, and Barbara (Yeats ?); bapt. St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London 29 Jan 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1737; left 1742; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Jul 1742; ? adm. Inner Temple year 1740/1; of Hurworth, co. Durham; JP co. Durham; m. Aug 1749 Elizabeth, dau. of Cuthbert Routh, Dinsdale, co. Durham; d. 28 Mar 1770.

BLAND, JOHN, son of Thomas Posthumous Bland, Ensign of Foot, and Mary, dau. of John Brown, London, citizen and vintner; b. 17 Aug 1702; in under school lists 1715, 1716; a clerk in the Customs House 1717-26; became a writing master and accountant; opened an academy in Bishopsgate Street 1744; author, Essay on Writing, 1730; d. 21 Jan 1749/50. DNB.

BLAND, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Bland, Bart., MP, Kippax Park, Yorks., and Hulme Hall, Lancs., and Lady Frances Finch, fifth dau. of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1735; left 1739; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1739/40; succ. as 6th baronet 14 Apr 1743; MP Ludgershall from 1754; committted suicide at Clermont-sur-Beauvoisis, France, 3 Sep 1755. [possibly Cornet, 13th Dragoons 12 Aug 1741]

BLANDFORD, ---; b.; in school list 1731.

BLANDY, CHAPIN ADDISON, elder surviving son of Alfred Addison Blandy MD, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, and Ozella Louisa, eldest dau. of Chapin Aaron Harris, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; b. 26 Jun 1855; adm. (G) 1 Feb 1867; left Dec 1873; an invalid; d. 29 Apr 1879.

BLANE, CHARLES COLLINS, third son of Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart., MD LRCP FRS, Physician in Ordinary to George IV and William IV, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Abraham Gardner, London, merchant; b. 7 Nov 1799; adm. 25 Jun 1810; left 1814; Trin. Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 5 Jul 1819, but did not reside; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards, 4 Jul 1815; half-pay 25 Dec 1818; Lieut., 10th Foot, 17 Feb 1820; Capt., 31 Jul 1823; 90th Foot, 3 Jun 1824; Maj., half-pay, unattached, 16 Sep 1826; 95th Foot, 25 Oct 1826; Lieut. -Col., half-pay, unattached, 20 Apr 1832; Brevet Col., 9 Nov 1846; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards, 15 Nov 1850; retired same day; d. 17 Oct 1853.

Blaxland, Athelstan Jasper, son of William Athelstan Blaxland, of West Bournemouth, Hants, by Frances Elizabeth, daughter of William Shears, of Streatham, Surrey; b. Sept. 14, 1880; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left July 1898; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1904; F.R.C.S. 1908; M.B. (London Univ.) 1904; B. S. 1905; M. S. 1908; in practice at Norwich; Capt. R.A.M.C. (T. F.) March 26, 1915; Major Jan. 4, 1918: served in France March 1915 to March 1919 as Surgeon Specialist to Casualty Clearing Stations; m. Nov. 6. 1912, Anna Marion, daughter of William Andrews, of Chediston, Suffolk; d. 7 December 1963.

Blee, David Michael Vaughan, son of David Blee CBE, man. dir. LMR British Rail, of Slough, Bucks, and Catherine Rosetta, d. of Edward Vaughan, railway official; b. 2 Feb. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left July 1949; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1950, BA 1953, MA 1957; a schoolmaster, HM Eylesden Court Sch. 1962-7, Tormore Sch. 1967-74, Cathedral Sch. Salisbury 1974-96; chmn. Choir Schools’ Assn. 1982; m. 2 Apr. 1960 Sheila Mary, d. of Ralph Bentley, chartered accountant, of Curdridge, Hants; d. 22 July 2000.

BLENMAN, JOHN COBHAM, brother of Timothy Blenman (adm. 1809, qv); bapt. St. Michael, Barbados 16 Apr 1798 (IGI); adm. 18 Sep 1809; in school list Oct 1814; d. 12 Apr 1828, aged 30.