COLT-WILLIAMS, DAVID ARCHER VAUGHAN, brother of Edward William Colt (qv); b. 21 Jun 1849; adm. as BB 30 May 1861; QS 1864; left 1868; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1868; BA 1871; adm. Middle Temple 1 Jun 1874, called to bar 17 Nov 1877; North Wales Circuit; assumed surname of Colt-Williams in lieu of Williams; Revising Barrister for North Wales, 1893; practised at Chester; m. 25 Nov 1884 Laura Louisa Lilia, only child of Rev. Henry John Vernon, Vicar of Eckington, Worcs.; d. 21 Apr 1914.

Black, Archibald Adam Gordon, son of Adam Black, publisher, and Emily McKenzie, d. of Dr William Eagleson Gordon of Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire; b. 23 Dec. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (KS); left July 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1930, MA 1953; Lond. Scottish (TA) 1939 (Maj.); successively chairman, president and hon. president A. & C. Black, publishers (founded 1807); m. 30 Apr. 1934 Violet Rosamund, d. of Lieut.-Col. Charles Hyde Villiers, Roy. Horse Guards; d. 9 Sept. 1990.

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).

BLAGDEN, HENRY, son of John James Blagden, Petworth, Sussex, surgeon, and Harriet Ayling (IGI); b. 25 Oct 1832; adm. 27 Sep 1844 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1847; Capt. of the School 184 (?) [check]; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1851, adm. pens. 30 May 1851, scholar 1852, matr. Mich. 1851; BA 1855; MA 1858; ordained deacon 1855, priest 1856 (both Ely); held curacies 1855-69; Vicar of Hughenden, Bucks., 1869-93; Hon. Canon, Christ Church, from 1892; m. Isabella Catherine, second dau. of James Searight, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, London; d. 16 Dec 1922.

BLAIKIE, JOHN ROBERT, son of Robert Blaikie MRCS LSA, Oswestry, Shropshire, surgeon, and Margaret --- (IGI); b. 26 May 1854; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); QS 1869; left Aug 1871; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Oct 1871, matr. Mich. 1871; BA 1875; a medical student in Dublin; d. at Dublin 23 Dec 1876.

BLOMER, THOMAS, of Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1653, scholar 1653; BA 1656/7; MA 1660 (incorp. Oxford 22 Sep 1663); DD 1671; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1658 - c. 1671, Tutor 1663; signed for deacon’s and priest’s orders (London) 31 May 1667; chaplain to Earl of Northumberland in 1660s and 1670s; Prebendary of Canterbury 30 Jul 1673 – res May 1706; Rector of All Hallows, Bread Street, London, from 3 May 1681; m. by Sep 1670 Margaret (or Dorothy ?) Beavis; d. 3 May 1723.

BLOWER, ROBERT, of Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the collection of verses written by the QSS on the death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil, 1597 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield House), and to the congratulatory verses to Queen Elizabeth, 1597 (Royal MSS, British Museum); Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1599, aged 15; BA 1602; MA 1605.

BLOYS, ROBERT, of Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1653, scholar 1653, matr. Mich. 1656; BA 1656/7; MA 1660; MD 1669. [Perhaps = Robert Blois, son and heir of Sir William Blois, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, adm. Middle Temple 20 Nov 1669]

BOLSWORTH, CLEMENT, eldest son of Edward Bolsworth, St. Dunstan in the West, London, citizen and haberdasher; b.; adm.; KS 1688; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Mar 1689/90, aged 16, scholar 1693, matr. 1693; adm. Middle Temple 19 Jun 1694.

BOND, ROBERT (or PETER); b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1627, Westminster Student to 1630, but did not matric.; in the Dean’s Book at Christ Church he is described as Peter Bond.