BLOSSET, SIR ROBERT HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Peckwell DD, Rector of Bloxholm with Digby, Lincs., and Bella, dau. of Maj. Solomon Stephen Blosset, Shinfield, Berks.; b. 1776; adm. 19 Oct 1785; in school list Dec 1788; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1792, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1794 - 25 Jun 1806, void; BA 1796; MA 1799; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Oct 1795, called to bar 16 Jun 1801; Serjeant-at-law 15 May 1809; assumed surname of Blosset in lieu of Peckwell, 4 May 1811; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Bengal, from 1821; knighted 19 Apr 1822; author, Cases on Controverted Elections in the Second Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1805-6; d. unm. at Calcutta 1 Feb 1823. DNB.