BISBY, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. John Bisby, Perpetual Curate of Tipton, Staffs., Prebendary of Lichfield, and Margaret, dau. of Anthony Hoo, Bradely Hall, Staffs.; b. 5 Jun 1635; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654; BA 4 Feb 1657/8; MA 1660 (incorp. Cambridge 1662); BD and DD 1668 (incorp. Cambridge 1669); ordained priest (Chichester) 5 Oct 1660; Rector of Long Melford, Suffolk, 12 Nov 1660 - deprivation as non-juror Feb 1690; published a number of sermons, mostly violent invectives against the Nonconformists; m. 1672 Elizabeth, dau. of John Wall, Radwater Grange, Essex; d. 14 May 1695. DNB.
BISCOE, HENRY GERMAIN, third son of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 21 Oct 1840; adm. (G) 20 Jan 1853; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1858; BA 1862; emigrated to Australia by 1868; settled in Queensland; m. K. Anderson; d. at Waroonga, Albion, Brisbane, 6 Mar 1904.
BISCOE, ROBERT, fourth son of Vincent Hilton Biscoe, Hookwood, Surrey, and Anna Catherine Noel (ward of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth), Edward Street, Portman Square; b. 11 Jun 1801; adm. 9 Jun 1809; KS 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student, Tutor; 1st cl. Classics 1822; BA 1823; MA 1825; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1828 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate, North and Mid Littleton, and South Littleton, Worcs., 22 Aug 1831 – Dec 1833; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 3 Jan 1833; Prebendary of Hereford from 27 Nov 1834; m. 28 Feb 1832 Anne, eldest dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); d. 14 Nov 1870.
BISCOE, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, brother of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 17 Jul 1810; adm. 11 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; d. unm. 23 Feb 1832.
BISPHAM, WILLIAM, second son of William Bispham, Billing, Lancs., and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Richard Some, Essex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1618, adm. scholar 1619; BA 1622/3; MA 1626; ordained; Rector of mediety of Lymm, Lancs., 1627; Rector of Brindle, Lancs., 1629-36; Prebendary of Chester 4 Feb 1632; Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire, 1636 - deprived by 2 Jul 1644, restored 1660; m. before 1640 Elizabeth Smythe, Devon; d. 6 Jan 1685/6.
BLACK, ALURED ELLIOT, son of Lieut. -Col. George Black, Chief Constable of Norfolk, and Louisa Phillips, dau. of Adm. Sir John Marshall, Elstree, Herts.; b. 5 Jan 1859; adm. (G) 24 Jul 1872; QS 1873; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Triplett) 1877, adm. pens. 11 Oct 1877, matr. Mich. 1877; BA 1882; MA 1886; ordained deacon 1883, priest 1884 (both Rochester); Curate, Holy Trinity, Greenwich, Kent, 1883-7; Rector of Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, 1887-9; Rector of Oxnead with Buxton, Norfolk, 1889-1907; Vicar of Holmfirth, Yorks., 1914-6; Vicar of Silsoe, Beds., 1916 - res Feb 1931; m. 14 Nov 1883 Annie, dau. of James Cleland, Toban, Mhuire, co. Down; d. 1935.
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.
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.
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.