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BISSET, MAURICE GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1775, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jun 1779; of Lessendrum, Huntly, Aberdeenshire; a memoir of his life by J. M. Bulloch was privately published, 1929; m. 21 Oct 1787 Lady Harriet Mordaunt, dau. of Charles Mordaunt, 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth (qv), and his second wife; d. 16 Dec 1821.

BISSET, WILLIAM, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b. 27 Oct 1758; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1775 - 2 Aug 1786 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Dunbin); BA 1779; MA 1782; ordained deacon May 1782; Rector of Dunbin, co. Louth, 1785-91 (year of grace from 13 Jan 1786); Prebendary of Armagh, 23 Feb 1791-1807; Archdeacon of Ross, 30 Sep 1804-22; Rector of Donoghmore, 1807-12; Rector of Loughgilly, 1812-7; Chancellor of Armagh, 30 Aug 1817-22; Chaplain to Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieut. Ireland; consecrated Bishop of Raphoe, 21 Jul 1822; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 17 Mar 1822; declined Archbishopric of Dublin, 1831; author, The Complete History of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1807; m. 15 May 1789 Jane, dau. of Rev. Christopher Erle; d. 5 Sep 1834. DNB.

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

BISSET, GEORGE, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 20 Oct 1778; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 - 16 Dec 1794 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Malmesbury; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1787; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. to London) Aug 1793, to curacy of Soberton, Hants., priest Nov 1793; Vicar of Malmesbury, Wilts., 1793 (year of grace from 23 Dec 1793); Rector of Dauntsey, Wilts., 17 Jun 1800; m. 9 Sep 1820 Lady Catherine Howard, dau. of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, Gen. in the Army; d. 21 Nov 1828.

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).

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.

BLAKE, WILLIAM; b.; KS 1641.

BLIGH, RICHARD, second son of John Bligh, Abingdon Street, Westminster, Secretary of the Chelsea Waterworks, and his first wife Lucy, dau. of William Shuter, London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1795; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, adm. pens. 6 May 1799, scholar 25 Apr 1800, matr. Mich. 1800; BA 1803; MA 1806; adm. Inner Temple 22 May 1799, called to bar 1 May 1807; Oxford and Bucks Sessions; equity draughtsman; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Nov 1826; author, Reports on Cases heard in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error, 1823, and other works; m. 29 Nov 1817 his cousin Harriet Maria, third dau. of Adm. William Bligh, Governor of New South Wales, of Farningham, Kent; d. Sep 1838. DNB.