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BINGHAM, RICHARD, 2ND EARL OF LUCAN (I), eldest son of Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan (I), and Margaret, dau. of James Smith MP, Black Torrington, Devon, and Common Leigh, Somerset; b. 4 Dec 1764; adm. 13 Jan 1777; left 1779; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 11 Apr 1781; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Nov 1784; MP St. Albans 1790 - Jun 1800; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Lucan (I) 29 Mar 1799; an Irish Representative Peer from 1801; m. 27 May 1794 Lady Elizabeth Belasyse, formerly wife of Bernard Howard (afterwards 12th Duke of Norfolk), and dau. of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg; d. 30 Jun 1839.

BLACKETT, SIR WALTER, BART., only son of Sir Walter Calverley, Bart., Calverley, Yorks., and Julia, eldest dau. of Sir William Blackett, Bart., MP, Wallington, Northumberland; b. 18 Dec 1707; adm. Oct. 1717; in under school list 1720; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1723/4; his marriage brought him the Wallington estate, together with the business and coal trade interests of the Blackett family; Alderman, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1729, Mayor 1735, 1748, 1756, 1764, 1771; High Sheriff, Northumberland, 1731; assumed surname of Blackett 1733; MP Newcastle upon Tyne from 1734; succ. father as 2nd baronet 15 Oct 1749; m. 29 Sep 1729 Elizabeth Orde, natural dau. of his uncle Sir William Blackett, Bart., MP; d. 14 Feb 1777.

BLADEN, MARTIN, son of Nathaniel Bladen, Bolton Percy, Yorks., and Isabella, dau. of Sir William Fairfax, Kt., Steeton, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS 1695; left 1697; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Apr 1697, aged 16, matr. 1697; adm. Inner Temple, 23 Mar 1696/7; Ensign, Col. T. Fairfax’s Regt. of Foot, 12 Dec 1697; Ensign of a company added to this Regt. in Ireland, 1 Mar 1702; Capt., Sir Charles Hotham’s new Regt. of Foot, 25 Mar 1705; served in Low Countries and Spain; ADC to Lord Galway; attained rank of Brevet Col.; Col. of a British Regt. raised in Spain, 26 Oct 1709; sold out 26 Jun 1710; Comptroller of the Mint, 23 Dec 1714-27; MP Stockbridge 1715-34, Maldon 1734-41, Portsmouth from 1741; Joint Secretary to Lord Justices of Ireland and to Lord Lieut. of Ireland Sep 1715 - Apr 1717; MP (I) Bandon Bridge 1715-27; Privy Councillor (I) 1 Nov 1715; director, Royal African Company, 1717-26; a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations from 13 Jul 1717; Joint Commissioner to Court of France for settling plantation boundaries in America, 1719-20; First Commissioner and Plenipotentiary to the Conference for settling commerce at Antwerp, Jun 1732 - Feb 1742; one of Sir Robert Walpole’s steadiest supporters in the House of Commons; author of Solon (a tragi-comedy), 1705, and of an English translation of Caesar’s Commentaries, 1712; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Col. --- Gibbs; m. 2nd, 29 Mar 1728 Frances, widow of John Foche, Aldborough Hatch, Essex, and niece of Col. Joseph Jory, West India merchant; d. 15 Feb 1745/6. DNB.

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.

BLAKE, SIR FRANCIS, BART., eldest son of Sir Francis Blake, Bart. (adm. 1751, qv); b. 14 Aug 1774; adm. 31 Jan 1787; left 7 Jun 1790; afterwards privately educated by Rev. Skynner, Easton; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner, 15 Jun 1792; Col., Northumberland Fencible Infantry; succ. father as 3rd baronet 2 Jun 1818; MP Berwick upon Tweed 1820-6, Mar 1827-34; of Twizel Castle, co. Durham (now Northumberland); m. Jane, dau. of William Neale; d. 10 Sep 1860.

BLAMIRE, WILLIAM, only son of William Blamire, Dalston, Cumberland, naval surgeon, and Jane, third dau. of John Christian, Milntown, Isle of Man; b. 13 Apr 1790; adm. 1805; left Midsummer 1808; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1808; resided to 1811 but did not take a degree; became a farmer and made many experiments in breeding of stock; of Thackwood Nook, Cumberland; High Sheriff, Cumberland 1828; MP (Whig) Cumberland 1831-2, Cumberland East 1832-6; Chief Tithe Commissioner 22 Aug 1836-41, Copyhold and Tithe Commissioner 22 Jun 1841-5, Tithe, Copyhold and Inclosure Commissioner Aug 1845 - retd. Sep 1860; m. 3 Apr 1834 his cousin Dora, widow of Col. Mark Wilks, Governor of St. Helena, and youngest dau. of John Taubman, The Nunnery, Isle of Man; d. 12 Jan 1862. DNB.

BLAND, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Bland, Bart., MP, Kippax Park, Yorks., and Hulme Hall, Lancs., and Lady Frances Finch, fifth dau. of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1735; left 1739; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1739/40; succ. as 6th baronet 14 Apr 1743; MP Ludgershall from 1754; committted suicide at Clermont-sur-Beauvoisis, France, 3 Sep 1755. [possibly Cornet, 13th Dragoons 12 Aug 1741]

BLIGH, JOHN, 3RD EARL OF DARNLEY (I), brother of Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley (qv); b. 1 Oct 1719; adm. Jan 1726/7; in school list 1729; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 May 1735; MA 1738; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-41; MP (I) Athboy 1739-47; MP Maidstone 1741-7; succ. his brother as 3rd Earl of Darnley 22 Jul 1747; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1742; of Cobham Hall, Kent; m. 11 Sep 1766 Mary, dau. of John Stoyte, Street, co. Westmeath, barrister; d. 31 Jul 1781.

BOOTH, ROBERT, son of Hon. and Very Rev. Robert Booth DD, Dean of Bristol, and his second wife Mary, sister of Charles Hales (qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1712; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1716, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1716 - 1 Jul 1729 (void); BA 1720; MA 1723; adm. Middle Temple 20 Jun 1716, called to bar 7 May 1725; MP Bodmin from 1727; d. 25 Jan 1732/3.

BOSANQUET, RICHARD GODFREY, second son of Jacob Bosanquet, Broxbourne Bury, Herts., Chairman East India Company, and Henrietta, widow of Thomas Grady, Harley Street, London, and second dau. of Sir George Armytage, Bart., MP; b. 29 Sep 1793; at school under Vincent (L. C. Meyer, Genealogy of the Family of Bosanquet, 1877); of Benham, Berks.; m. 26 Jun 1852 Grace Isabella, dau. of William Browne MP (I), Browne’s Hill, co. Carlow, and grand-daughter of John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury (I) PC (I), Chief Justice of Common Pleas (I); d. 15 May 1875.