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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, 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, 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.

Blake, Edmund Vernon Brodie, son of Edward Blake, M. D., of Hampstead, by A. Madeleine Hanson; b. Sept. 22, 1875; adm. from Univ. Coll. School Sept. 1889 (G); left Nov. 1889; King's Coll. and Univ. Coll. London; studied art in Paris; painter and sculptor; author of Relation in Art (1925) and other works; m. Marie Bonnin; d. at Avignon April 19, 1920.

Blake, Geoffrey Alan Stanford, son of Henry Edward Blake MRCS, and Gwendoline May, d. of Stanley Stanford of Edgbaston, Warks; b. 18 July 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left Dec. 1939; RAF (LAC), killed on active service 6 April 1941.

Geoffrey Alan Stanford Blake was born at Lambeth, South London on the 22nd of April 1922 the only son of Dr Henry Edward Blake MRCS and Gwendoline May (nee Stanford) Blake of Edgbaston in Warwickshire and of 98, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1935 to December 1939. He played at goalkeeper for the Football XI in 1939. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and achieved Certificate A in March 1939.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and was posted to No. 5 Service Flying Training School based at RAF Tern Hill for pilot training.
At 3.10am on the 6th of April 1941, Geoffrey Blake took off for a solo night training flight in Master Mk I T8569. At the time he had accumulated a total of 45.55 hours of total solo flying time of which 17 hours were on Master aircraft. As the aircraft lifted off it collided with the roof of a hangar, causing the aircraft to crash and burn out, killing him.
His funeral took place on the 10th of April 1941.
The Elizabethan wrote of him: - “Most members of the School will remember well his consistent cheerfulness and the grace and agility with which he kept goal for the School during his last term.”
He is buried at St Peter’s Church, Stoke-Upon-Tern Row F Grave 212.

BLAKE, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jan 1743/4 (Gibson's); left 1747. [Probably only son of Henry Blake, Lelinch, co. Clare, and Charity, widow of Francis Palmer, and dau. of Maurice Annesley, Rath, co. Meath; adm. Middle Temple 27 Feb 1748/9; of Lelinch]. [Russell Barker and Stenning record that the OW was buried Bromley, Kent 22 May 1780 : but how is it known that the Henry Blake who was buried at Bromley was the OW?]

BLAKE, ROBERT, eldest son of Sir Francis Blake, Bart. (adm. 1725, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1744 (Gibson's); left 1751; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1751; d. 25 Jan 1754; buried in North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

BLAKE, WILLIAM; b.; KS 1641.

BLAKENEY, ROBERT BYRON DRURY, brother of Edward Henry Blakeney (qv); b. 18 Apr 1872; adm. (H) 8 Jun 1882; left Dec 1882; Kingsley Coll., Westward Ho 1883-5, United Services Coll., Westward Ho, 1886-9; 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 24 Jul 1891; Lieut., 24 Jul 1894; Capt., 1 Jul 1902; reserve list, 12 Sep 1907; Maj., 24 Jul 1911; retd. 4 Feb 1914; served in expedition to Dongola 1896 (despatches LG 3 Nov 1896), Nile expeditions of 1897 and 1898 (despatches LG 30 Sep 1898, DSO 15 Nov 1898), South African War 1899-1901; Traffic Manager, Egyptian State Railways, 1902-6, Deputy General Manager, 1906-13; re-employed in Army at outbreak of 1914-18 war; despatches LG 21 Jun and 25 Sep 1916, 6 Jul 1917, 14 Jun 1918, CMG 3 Jun 1918; retd. with hon. rank Brig. -Gen. 1920; General Manager, Egyptian State Railways, 1919-23; President, British Fascisti, 1924; Officer, Legion of Honour; Commander, Order of Crown of Belgium; Order of the Nile, 2nd class; Medjidie, 3rd class 1903, 2nd class 1912, Osmanieh, 3rd class 1905; m. 1st, 6 May 1903, Frances Dorothy, dau. of Maj. Nelson Ellis, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London; m. 2nd, 21 Sep 1921 Clara Isabel, dau. of Dr E. Henderson, Onslow Gardens, South Kensington; d. 13 Feb 1952.