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BLACOW, RICHARD, son of Henry Blacow, Barton, Lancs.; bapt. Broughton, Lancs. 8 Sep 1765 (IGI); adm. 16 Sep 1783 (a few days after his admission to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, but it may be presumed that he did not go into residence at Cambridge immediately); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Sep 1783, aged 18, matr. Mich. 1784, scholar 1786; BA 1788; MA 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Nov 1788; ordained; Perpetual Curate, West Derby Chapel, Walton on the Hill, Lancs., from 1798; Perpetual Curate, St. Mark’s, Liverpool, from 1803; d. 23 Dec 1845.

BLADEN, THOMAS, only son of William Bladen, York, later of Annapolis, Maryland, USA, and Anne, dau. of Garret Van Swearingen, Maryland; nephew of Martin Bladen (qv); b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1712; purchased Glastonbury Abbey estate, Somerset; MP Steyning 1727-34, Ashburton 20 Feb 1735-41; Deputy Governor of Maryland 12 Mar 1741/2 – Sep 1746; m. 14 Jul 1731 Barbara, dau. of Sir Theodore Janssen, Bart., MP; d. 2 Feb 1780.

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.

BLAGRAVE, WILLIAM; b.; at school under Busby (T. A, Walker, ed., Admissions to Peterhouse, 80), having previously been at Oundle Sch.; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. sizar 15 Mar 1644/5, aged 19, scholar 13 Nov 1646, matr. Easter 1647; BA 1648/9; MA 1659; Rector of Wivenhoe, Essex 20 Jun 1656; Curate, Woburn, Beds., 1659; ejected for nonconformity 1662; m.; buried St. Mary Aldermanbury, London 4 Oct 1664.

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.

Blair, Alec Michael Ambler, son of Alec Hood Blair, of Westminster, and Grace Evelyn, d. of John Ambler of Bradford, Yorks; b. 10 Jan. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938; d. 1970.

BLAIR, HENRY CHARLES, son of Charles Blair, Fulbeck, Lincs., and Lady Mary Fane, sister of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (qv); b. 26 Apr. 1775; adm. 25 Feb. 1785; mentioned in the Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, 1849, i, 152-3; 2nd Lieut., 23rd Foot, 30 Jun 1790; Lieut., Independent Company, 24 Jan 1791; 105th Foot, half-pay, 1791; 22nd Foot, 11 May 1791; Capt., 89th Foot, 3 Dec 1793; 23rd Foot, 31 Dec 1793; d. of fever in West Indies, 6 Oct 1794.

Blair, Charles James Longworth, son of Charles Samuel Blair, M. D., F.R.C.S., of Claygate, Surrey, by Mary Alice, daughter of James Henry Longworth, of Fulwood, Lancs; b. June 21, 1893; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left July 1912; served as temp. Surgeon-Lieut. in the Navy during Great War I 1917-8; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1917; in practice as an ophthalmic surgeon in London and at the Royal Hospital, Richmond, Surrey; m. Dec. 27, 1918, Lilian Edith Berry, daughter of William Frederick Steege, of Twickenham, Middlesex.

BLAIR, CHARLES, brother of Henry Charles Blair (qv); b. 12 Nov. 1776; adm. 18 Jun. 1787; officer, 4th Dragoon Guards; collector of customs, Cape of Good Hope, 1808-c.1826; m. 1796 Miss Dawson; great-grandfather of Eric Blair (George Orwell); d. 30 Sept. 1854.

Blair, John Herbert, son of Rev. Arthur Austin Blair, Rector of Saxlingham, Norfolk, and Agnes Sarah, d. of Orlando Edmonds of Stamford, Lincs; b. 3 May 1904; adm. Sept. 1918 (KS); left July 1923; Keble Coll. Oxf., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1963·, Superintendent of Education, Nige­ria, 1926-8; Nigerian Admin. Service 1928, asst District Officer 1929, DO 1936, sen. DO 1945; Resident 1947; member House of Assembly, W. Nigeria 1947-9; Legislative Council of Nigeria 1948-9; The Nigeria Regt WAF 1942 (Maj.), MEF 1942-5; ED 1942; farming at Torbay, W. Aus­tralia 1951-60; classics master Scotch Coll. Perth, W. Australia 196I -9; m. 14 July 1934 Mary Geraldine, d. of F. J. Stanes of Coimbatore, S. India; d. 24 Sept. 1998.