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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.

BLOXAM, GEORGE FREDERICK; b. 20 Sep 1813; adm. (G) 14 Jan 1824; a wine merchant in London; m. 23 May 1857 Elizabeth Roberts Roberts (IGI); living 1881. [Presumably brother of, or close kin to, Charles Henry Bloxam, adm. previous day]

Bloxam, Robert Basil Reginald, son of Robert Henry Raynsford Bloxam, of Ryde, I. O. W., by Lily, daughter of James Castle Cass, of Barnsley, Yorks.; b. Sept. 11. 1896; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1913; technical author (naval ordnance) with Vickers, Ltd., Naval Construction Works, Barrow-in-Furness; m. Aug. 28, 1928, Elizabeth Jean, daughter of Alfred Bird, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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]

BLUMBERG, GEORGE HENRY, son of George Frederick Blumberg, Mansfield House, Clifton Gardens, London (British subject born in Russia), and Rosalie Susannah Jane ---- (IGI); b. 12 Sep 1861; adm. 23 Sep 1875 (James'); left Nov 1876; went to Christchurch, New Zealand, for the sake of his health; d. there in winter of 1881.

Blundell, Sir Robert Henderson, son of Robert Charles Blundell, of Horley, Surrey; b. Jan. 19, 1901; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (H); left July 1919; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; A. A. 1922; M.A. 1959; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 2, 1924; served on the South Eastern Circuit; Recorder of Colchester 1947; Metropolitan Magistrate 1949; Chief Metropolitan Magistrate 1960; knighted Jan. 1, 1961.

Boag, Sir George Townsend, son of the Rev. George Boag, Vicar of Winster, Westmorland; by Frances Sophia, daughter of John Townsend, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 12, 1884; adm. as Q.S.; Jan. 21, 1897; Mure Scholar 1901; Capt. of the School 1902; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Senior Samwaies and Triplett gratuity) July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; Min. scholar 1903, Jeston exhibitioner 1906; 1st class (2nd div.) Classical Trip., part 1, 1906; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1919; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1907; arrived in India Nov. 24, 1908, and served in Madras as Assist. Collector and Magistrate; special Settlement Officer Sept. 1912; Sub-Collector and joint Magistrate March 1919; Superintendent of Census, Madras, April 1920 to July 1922; Secretary to the Madras Finance Dept. 1925; C.I.E. 1928; a member of the Indian Tariff Board 1931; C.S.I. 1936; Adviser to Governor of Madras 1939-43; Dewan of Cochin State 1943-7; retired 1947; K.C.I.E. Jan. 1, 1941; a Busby Trustee May 18, 1954; a donor of the Madras Cup; d. 1969.

BOARD, JOHN, son of Richard Board, St. Peter’s, Cornhill, London, and Sarah, dau. of Francis Dalby, Heyford Warren, Oxfordshire; bapt. 2 Dec 1763; adm. 14 Feb 1776; KS (aged 14) 1778; left 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 Mar 1781; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards (Blues) 25 Nov 1783; Lieut., 19 Sep 1787; of Pax Hill Park, Lindfield, Sussex; d. at Bruges 21 Sep 1793.

Boas, Robert Owen, son of Guy Herman Sidney Boas, HM Sloane Sch., Chelsea, and Cicely, d. of Sir James Beethom Whitehead KCMG, sometime HM Minister Belgrade; b. 31 Mar. 1927; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1940 and went to Eton Coll.; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1948; a schoolmaster; d. 15 Apr. 2006.

Boddy, Keith William George, son of John Kleine Boddy, of Clapham, Surrey, by Adeline Maud -; b. Aug. 19, 1897; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left Easter 1915; an accountant in practice in Mexico; m.