Bliss, Douglas Arthur, son of Herbert Alfred Bliss ACA, of Norbury, and Janet Ellen, d. of Walter McDougall of Streatham; b. 31 May 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (R); left July 1934; Gloster Regt 1940-5 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) May 1945; RAF Regt 1950, Sqdn Ldr 1952, retd Mar. 1958; m. 22 Jan. 1955 Madeleine Winifred, d. of G. W. Webb of Epsom Downs, Surrey; d. Oct. 2006.
BLIGH, RICHARD, second son of John Bligh, Abingdon Street, Westminster, Secretary of the Chelsea Waterworks, and his first wife Lucy, dau. of William Shuter, London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1795; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, adm. pens. 6 May 1799, scholar 25 Apr 1800, matr. Mich. 1800; BA 1803; MA 1806; adm. Inner Temple 22 May 1799, called to bar 1 May 1807; Oxford and Bucks Sessions; equity draughtsman; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Nov 1826; author, Reports on Cases heard in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error, 1823, and other works; m. 29 Nov 1817 his cousin Harriet Maria, third dau. of Adm. William Bligh, Governor of New South Wales, of Farningham, Kent; d. Sep 1838. DNB.
Blee, David Michael Vaughan, son of David Blee CBE, man. dir. LMR British Rail, of Slough, Bucks, and Catherine Rosetta, d. of Edward Vaughan, railway official; b. 2 Feb. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left July 1949; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1950, BA 1953, MA 1957; a schoolmaster, HM Eylesden Court Sch. 1962-7, Tormore Sch. 1967-74, Cathedral Sch. Salisbury 1974-96; chmn. Choir Schools’ Assn. 1982; m. 2 Apr. 1960 Sheila Mary, d. of Ralph Bentley, chartered accountant, of Curdridge, Hants; d. 22 July 2000.
Blaxland, Athelstan Jasper, son of William Athelstan Blaxland, of West Bournemouth, Hants, by Frances Elizabeth, daughter of William Shears, of Streatham, Surrey; b. Sept. 14, 1880; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left July 1898; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1904; F.R.C.S. 1908; M.B. (London Univ.) 1904; B. S. 1905; M. S. 1908; in practice at Norwich; Capt. R.A.M.C. (T. F.) March 26, 1915; Major Jan. 4, 1918: served in France March 1915 to March 1919 as Surgeon Specialist to Casualty Clearing Stations; m. Nov. 6. 1912, Anna Marion, daughter of William Andrews, of Chediston, Suffolk; d. 7 December 1963.
Blane, James Pitcairn, second son of Capt. Arthur Rodney Blane, R. N., of Heggatt Hall, near Norwich, by Mary Georgina, second daughter of James Pitcairn Campbell, of Burton Hall, Cheshire; b. May 27, 1883; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1901; became a mining engineer; was four years in West Australia, and went to West Africa several times; was manager of a mine in Cornwall when the war broke out; Lieut. 8th (Service) Batt. the King's Royal Rifle Corps Oct. 2, 1914; Capt. March 5, 1915; went out to the western front in May 1915; d. in the Belgian hospital at Poperinghe Nov. 23, 1915, from wounds received in action in West Flanders Nov. 19, 1915.
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.
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.
BLAND, SIR HUNGERFORD, BART., brother of Sir John Bland, Bart. (qv); bap 7 Sep 1726; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1740; adm. Inner Temple 18 Jul 1746; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards, 5 Apr 1748; Lieut., 27 Aug 1753; succ. his brother as 7th baronet 3 Sep 1755; d. unm. 16 Oct 1756.
BLAND, EDWARD, brother of Sir John Bland, Bart. (qv); bapt. 14 Oct 1727; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1744.
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.