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BLACKSTONE (or BLAXTON), HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Blackstone DD, Chancellor of Chichester, and Joan, sister of Sir George Buck, Master of the Revels; b.; at school 2 Jul 1582; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1585, adm. scholar 1586; BA 1589/90; MA 1593; ML 1597; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1591 - res 1597; two Latin letters written by him to William Camden are printed in Camdeni Epistolae, 1691, 44-5, 344-5.

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.

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.

BLAIR, CHARLES, brother of Henry Charles Blair (qv); b. 12 Nov. 1776; adm. 18 Jun. 1787; officer, 4th Dragoon Guards; collector of customs, Cape of Good Hope, 1808-c.1826; m. 1796 Miss Dawson; great-grandfather of Eric Blair (George Orwell); d. 30 Sept. 1854.

Blair, John Herbert, son of Rev. Arthur Austin Blair, Rector of Saxlingham, Norfolk, and Agnes Sarah, d. of Orlando Edmonds of Stamford, Lincs; b. 3 May 1904; adm. Sept. 1918 (KS); left July 1923; Keble Coll. Oxf., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1963·, Superintendent of Education, Nige­ria, 1926-8; Nigerian Admin. Service 1928, asst District Officer 1929, DO 1936, sen. DO 1945; Resident 1947; member House of Assembly, W. Nigeria 1947-9; Legislative Council of Nigeria 1948-9; The Nigeria Regt WAF 1942 (Maj.), MEF 1942-5; ED 1942; farming at Torbay, W. Aus­tralia 1951-60; classics master Scotch Coll. Perth, W. Australia 196I -9; m. 14 July 1934 Mary Geraldine, d. of F. J. Stanes of Coimbatore, S. India; d. 24 Sept. 1998.

BLAKE, CHARLES; b.; adm. 21 Nov 1774.

BLAKE, FASHAM; b.; adm. 26 Jan 1775.

BLAKE, SIR FRANCIS, BART., second son of Sir Francis Blake, Bart. (adm. 1725, qv); bap 1 Jun 1737; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1751; in school list 1752; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Jan 1756, matr. Easter 1757; LLB 1763; adm. Middle Temple 23 Jun 1755; succ. father as 2nd baronet 29 Mar 1780; High Sheriff Northumberland 1784-5; raised a regiment of infantry called the “Golden Spinks”, and expended £80, 000 on building a castle on the river Till, never finished; author, Political Tracts, 1788; m. 15 Apr 1772 Elizabeth, only dau. of Alexander Douglas, head of British settlement at Bussorah, Persia; d. 2 Jun [22 May ?] 1818. DNB.

BLAKENEY, EDWARD HENRY, elder son of William Blakeney, Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset, Paymaster in Chief, Royal Navy, and Lilian, dau. of John Reid, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; b. 15 Aug 1869; adm. 31 Mar 1879; left Dec 1882; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 May 1888, matr. Mich. 1888; BA 1891; MA 1895; Head Master, Sandwich GS 1895-1901; Head Master, Sir William Borlase’s Sch., Marlow, 1901-4; King’s Sch., Ely, 1904-18; Assistant Master, Winchester Coll., 1918-30; edited school books and author, volumes of poetry; m. 15 Aug 1895 Amy Eliza Scott, youngest dau. of Rev. Samuel Hope Unwin, Rector of Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset; d. 1 Aug 1955.