BLACKETT, ARTHUR STEWART, youngest son of Rev. Henry Ralph Blackett, Perpetual Curate of Hanover Chapel, Regent Street, London, and Adelaide, youngest dau. of Richard Mills, The Grove, Camberwell, Surrey; b. 15 Jan 1865; adm. (G) 25 Mar 1876; left Dec 1881; member, London Stock Exchange; m. 19 Apr 1894 Caroline Frances, elder dau. of Maj. Charles Walsham Maynard, Royal Artillery, Elsieshields Tower, Dumfriesshire; d. 5 Dec 1922.
BLACKETT, FRANCIS ST. JOHN, son of Henry Blackett, Ealing, Middlesex; b. 24 Jun 1864; adm. (G) 23 Sep 1875; left Aug 1878.
BLACKSTONE (or BLAXTON), HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Blackstone DD, Chancellor of Chichester, and Joan, sister of Sir George Buck, Master of the Revels; b.; at school 2 Jul 1582; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1585, adm. scholar 1586; BA 1589/90; MA 1593; ML 1597; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1591 - res 1597; two Latin letters written by him to William Camden are printed in Camdeni Epistolae, 1691, 44-5, 344-5.
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).
BLACKSTONE, HENRY; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. scholar 1616.
BLACKWELL, SIR LAMBERT, BART., only son of Sir Charles Blackwell, Bart., and Anne, dau. of Sir William Clayton, Bart., MP; b.; succ. as 3rd baronet 18 Jul 1741; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1744 (Morel's); left 1750; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1750; m. at Rotterdam, Netherlands, 19 Oct 1760 (IGI) Amelia, widow of Michael Pope, Whitsun Court, Bristol, and dau. of Col. --- Martin; d. 9 May 1801.
BLACKWOOD, JOHN, brother of Shovel Blackwood (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1742 (Bainbrigg's); left 1745; Col. in Dutch service; of Pitreavie, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, and Cheshunt Nunnery, Herts.; m. 22 Jul 1767 Catherine Anne, dau. of William Janssen, Hill Street, St. George’s, Hanover Square; buried Crayford, Kent 14 Dec 1780.
BLACKWOOD, SHOVEL, son of John Blackwood, Charlton, Kent, merchant, and Anne, widow of Hon. Robert Mansel MP, and dau. of Admiral Sir Cloudisley Shovell MP; half-brother of Thomas Mansel (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1736 (Armfeild's); KS 1743; left 1743; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards, 9 May - 24 Sep 1746; of Howberry, Crayford, Kent, and Pitreavie, Dunfermline, Fifeshire; m. 1767 Sarah, widow of Daniel Rooke (IGI), and dau. of --- Turner; d. 12 May 1810.
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.
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.