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.

Boag, Sir George Townsend, son of the Rev. George Boag, Vicar of Winster, Westmorland; by Frances Sophia, daughter of John Townsend, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 12, 1884; adm. as Q.S.; Jan. 21, 1897; Mure Scholar 1901; Capt. of the School 1902; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Senior Samwaies and Triplett gratuity) July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; Min. scholar 1903, Jeston exhibitioner 1906; 1st class (2nd div.) Classical Trip., part 1, 1906; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1919; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1907; arrived in India Nov. 24, 1908, and served in Madras as Assist. Collector and Magistrate; special Settlement Officer Sept. 1912; Sub-Collector and joint Magistrate March 1919; Superintendent of Census, Madras, April 1920 to July 1922; Secretary to the Madras Finance Dept. 1925; C.I.E. 1928; a member of the Indian Tariff Board 1931; C.S.I. 1936; Adviser to Governor of Madras 1939-43; Dewan of Cochin State 1943-7; retired 1947; K.C.I.E. Jan. 1, 1941; a Busby Trustee May 18, 1954; a donor of the Madras Cup; d. 1969.

BLOYS, ROBERT, of Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1653, scholar 1653, matr. Mich. 1656; BA 1656/7; MA 1660; MD 1669. [Perhaps = Robert Blois, son and heir of Sir William Blois, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, adm. Middle Temple 20 Nov 1669]

BLOWER, ROBERT, of Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the collection of verses written by the QSS on the death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil, 1597 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield House), and to the congratulatory verses to Queen Elizabeth, 1597 (Royal MSS, British Museum); Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1599, aged 15; BA 1602; MA 1605.

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

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.

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.

Blaksley, John Owen, son of John Hoffham Blaksley MC TD, of Blandford, Dorset, and Daphne, d. of Edmund Owen FRCS; b. 6 July 1921; adm. Jan. 1934 (H), KS 1935; left July 1940; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1940, BA MA 1946; RAFVR 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr); a racing driver for Jaguar and MG in the 1950s; sales man. ICI Ltd; m. 1st 9 Oct. 1954 Norah Mary, d. of George Evan Evans of Maidenhead, Berks; 2nd 1 May 1958 Mary Dora Finucane, d. of Col. Tristram Grayson OBE, Irish Guards; d. 22 June 1982.

BLAKEWAY, RICHARD, son of Thomas Blakeway, Withington, Shropshire, and Margaret, dau. of Richard Allestree, Uppington, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS 1672; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1676, matr. 20 Oct 1676, aged 16, Westminster Student 26 Mar 1677-91 (void), Tutor 1683-8, Junior Censor 1688; BA 1680; MA 1683; ordained; Vicar of High Ercall, Shropshire, from 1689; official of St. Mary’s, Shrewsbury, 1713; d. 1717.

BLAKE, WILLIAM; b.; KS 1641.