BLACKALL, JOHN OFFSPRING, son of John Blackall MD FRCP, Southernhay, Exeter, Devon, and Laura, youngest [eldest ?] dau. of Ralph Barnes (adm. 1744, qv); b. 4 Nov 1809; adm. 9 Oct 1822 (Stelfox's); KS 1823; drowned in the River Exe 9 Aug 1826.

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, 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.

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.

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.

BLACKSTONE (or BLAXTON), JOSHUA, brother of Henry Blackstone (at school 1582, qv); b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1599, adm. scholar 1600; BA 1603/4; MA 1607; BD 1614; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1607 - c. 1614; ordained; Vicar of St. Peter’s, Wisbech, Cambs., from 1612; d. 1615 (will proved PCC 9 Sep 1615, surname given as Blaxton).

BLACKSTONE, HENRY; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. scholar 1616.

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.