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BLAKE, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jan 1743/4 (Gibson's); left 1747. [Probably only son of Henry Blake, Lelinch, co. Clare, and Charity, widow of Francis Palmer, and dau. of Maurice Annesley, Rath, co. Meath; adm. Middle Temple 27 Feb 1748/9; of Lelinch]. [Russell Barker and Stenning record that the OW was buried Bromley, Kent 22 May 1780 : but how is it known that the Henry Blake who was buried at Bromley was the OW?]

BLAKE, ROBERT, eldest son of Sir Francis Blake, Bart. (adm. 1725, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1744 (Gibson's); left 1751; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1751; d. 25 Jan 1754; buried in North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

BLAKE, WILLIAM; b.; KS 1641.

BLAKENEY, ROBERT BYRON DRURY, brother of Edward Henry Blakeney (qv); b. 18 Apr 1872; adm. (H) 8 Jun 1882; left Dec 1882; Kingsley Coll., Westward Ho 1883-5, United Services Coll., Westward Ho, 1886-9; 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 24 Jul 1891; Lieut., 24 Jul 1894; Capt., 1 Jul 1902; reserve list, 12 Sep 1907; Maj., 24 Jul 1911; retd. 4 Feb 1914; served in expedition to Dongola 1896 (despatches LG 3 Nov 1896), Nile expeditions of 1897 and 1898 (despatches LG 30 Sep 1898, DSO 15 Nov 1898), South African War 1899-1901; Traffic Manager, Egyptian State Railways, 1902-6, Deputy General Manager, 1906-13; re-employed in Army at outbreak of 1914-18 war; despatches LG 21 Jun and 25 Sep 1916, 6 Jul 1917, 14 Jun 1918, CMG 3 Jun 1918; retd. with hon. rank Brig. -Gen. 1920; General Manager, Egyptian State Railways, 1919-23; President, British Fascisti, 1924; Officer, Legion of Honour; Commander, Order of Crown of Belgium; Order of the Nile, 2nd class; Medjidie, 3rd class 1903, 2nd class 1912, Osmanieh, 3rd class 1905; m. 1st, 6 May 1903, Frances Dorothy, dau. of Maj. Nelson Ellis, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London; m. 2nd, 21 Sep 1921 Clara Isabel, dau. of Dr E. Henderson, Onslow Gardens, South Kensington; d. 13 Feb 1952.

BLAKER, ERNEST HENRY, youngest son of Edgar Blaker, Lewes, Sussex, and Amelia, dau. of Henry Grundy Renshaw, Chelsea; b. 17 Apr 1855; adm. (G) 21 Jan 1870; left Dec 1871; adm. solicitor Nov 1877; practised successively at Worthing and Chichester; Registrar, Chichester County Court, 1901; m. 10 Jul 1883 Harriet Marianne, third dau. of Rev. Henry George Nicholls, Perpetual Curate of Holy Trinity, Forest of Dean, Gloucs.

Blaker, Guy Stewart, son of Harry Rowsell Blaker (q.v.); b. March 29, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); left Aug. 1922; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1925; adm. a solicitor March 1929; in practice at Henley-on-Thames; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Oct. 25, 1941; m. Nov. 18, 1933, Dawn Lretitia Prudence, daughter of Major J. H. Watson, of Henley-on­Thames.

Blaker, Harry Rowsell, elder son of Harry Campbell Blaker, of Bexhill, Sussex, solicitor, by Edith, daughter of the Rev. Thomas James Rowsell, Canon of Westminster; b. Oct. 31, 1872; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (R); left July 1891; adm. a solicitor April 1898, practised at Henley-on­Thames, co. Oxon.; President of the Law Society 1934-5; m. April 25, 1901, Leila Beatrice, youngest daughter of Col. Arthur Ford, C. B., of St. Peter's, Thanet; d. March 30, 1953.

Blaker, Richard Kenyon Godby, son of Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker (qv); b. 25 Sept. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1925; asst export man. Standard Tel. & Cables Ltd; m. 18 Nov. 1939 Irene Grace. d. of Wilfred Noel Skey of Beckenham, Kent; d. 7 Apr. 1967.

BLAKEWAY, RICHARD, son of Thomas Blakeway, Withington, Shropshire, and Margaret, dau. of Richard Allestree, Uppington, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS 1672; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1676, matr. 20 Oct 1676, aged 16, Westminster Student 26 Mar 1677-91 (void), Tutor 1683-8, Junior Censor 1688; BA 1680; MA 1683; ordained; Vicar of High Ercall, Shropshire, from 1689; official of St. Mary’s, Shrewsbury, 1713; d. 1717.

Blaksley, John Owen, son of John Hoffham Blaksley MC TD, of Blandford, Dorset, and Daphne, d. of Edmund Owen FRCS; b. 6 July 1921; adm. Jan. 1934 (H), KS 1935; left July 1940; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1940, BA MA 1946; RAFVR 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr); a racing driver for Jaguar and MG in the 1950s; sales man. ICI Ltd; m. 1st 9 Oct. 1954 Norah Mary, d. of George Evan Evans of Maidenhead, Berks; 2nd 1 May 1958 Mary Dora Finucane, d. of Col. Tristram Grayson OBE, Irish Guards; d. 22 June 1982.