Showing 10437 results

BLANDY, CHAPIN ADDISON, elder surviving son of Alfred Addison Blandy MD, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, and Ozella Louisa, eldest dau. of Chapin Aaron Harris, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; b. 26 Jun 1855; adm. (G) 1 Feb 1867; left Dec 1873; an invalid; d. 29 Apr 1879.

Blakstad, Erik Clark, son of Bjorn Blakstad of West Hartlepool; b. 28 Jan. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1925; comm. dir. FPT Industries Ltd (Westland Group); m. 3 Oct. 1939 Kathleen, d. of Capt. T. C. Tose of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham·, d. 11 Mar. 1978.

Bland, James Edward, son of Edward Franklin Bland BS MD, of Chestnut Mill, MA, USA, and Frances, d. of Paul Davenport Poinier of Boston, MA; b. 31 May 1940; adm. from Milton Acad., MA, USA, May 1957 (L); left July 1957; Harvard Univ., grad. multa cum laude June 1962, PhD 1970; asst. Prof, of History, Bowdoin Coll., USA; m. 21 June 1962 Sherrell, d. of Jonathan Brewster Bingham of New York; d. 30 Aug. 1974.

BLOMER, THOMAS, of Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1653, scholar 1653; BA 1656/7; MA 1660 (incorp. Oxford 22 Sep 1663); DD 1671; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1658 - c. 1671, Tutor 1663; signed for deacon’s and priest’s orders (London) 31 May 1667; chaplain to Earl of Northumberland in 1660s and 1670s; Prebendary of Canterbury 30 Jul 1673 – res May 1706; Rector of All Hallows, Bread Street, London, from 3 May 1681; m. by Sep 1670 Margaret (or Dorothy ?) Beavis; d. 3 May 1723.

Blount, Maurice Bertie, twin brother of Arthur Stanley Blount (q.v.); b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left July 1904; served in Great War I as trooper in King Edward's Horse, Canadian Overseas Force; invalided Jan. 1917.

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.

Boggis-Rolfe, Douglass Horace, brother of Edward Francis Boggis-Rolfe (q.v.); b. Nov. 20, 1874; adm. April 29, 1886 (R); left Dec. 1890; called to the bar at the Middle Temple 1897; Assist. District Auditor Local Govt. Board, 1903, District Auditor 1904; Secretary, Nat. Insurance Audit Dept. 1912; Chief Auditor, Ministry of Health, 1918; Govt. representative, Hire Claims Committee, 1918-25; Assist. Auditor, Maritime Service of the Reparation Commission 1920, Director 1921 (Paris); Secretary Gen. Delegation of the Committee of Guarantees (Berlin) 1922-25; Manager, Export Credits Dept. (Dept. of Overseas Trade), 1924; retired 1926; Master of the Woolmen's Company 1925; Alderman, London County Council 1928-34; m. June 29, 1909, Maria Maud, only daughter of Capt. Christopher William Bailey, of Moorock, King's County, Ireland; d. 14 June 1966.

BLOUNT, WILLIAM, son of Anthony Blount; b.; adm.; KS 1667; d. 6 May 1670, aged 18; buried in North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

Blow, Sydney Luke Jellings, son of Jellings Blow, of Chelsea, by Joanna Antonelli, Denham; b. March 6, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left March 1893; an actor and playwright; first appeared on the stage in The Prisoner of Zenda at Stockport in 1896; author of Lord Richard in the Pantry, and other plays; m. Hilda Trevelyan, actress, the original Wendy in Peter Pan; d. May 31, 1961.

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.