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BLACKMORE, WILLIAM. _b._ Salisbury; admitted solicitor 1849;
practised at Liverpool 1856–69; presented his very valuable
collection of stone implements and other objects of art of
aboriginal inhabitants of America to city of Salisbury 1863 which
formed nucleus of the Blackmore museum, Salisbury; member of
Ethnological society of London 1866; member of council of
Anthropological society 21 Jany. 1871 on its amalgamation with
Ethnological society, and vice pres. 1872. _d._ Belgrave mansions,
Grosvenor gardens, London 12 April 1878.

BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM SEYMOUR. _b._ 30 Oct. 1809; M.P. for
Wallingford, Berkshire 11 Dec. 1832 to July 1852. _d._ 6 Jany.
1881.

BLACKWALL, JOHN (_son of Mr. Blackwall of Manchester, importer of
Irish linen_). _b._ St. Anne’s square, Manchester 20 Jany. 1790;
partner with his father to 1833; lived at Llanrwst, North Wales
1842 to death; member of Manchester literary and philosophical
society; F.L.S. April 1827; author of _Researches in Zoology_
1834, _2 ed._ 1873; _A history of the spiders of Great Britain and
Ireland_, _2 parts_ 1861–64, published by the Ray Society; wrote
82 papers in natural history periodicals 1821–71. _d._ Hendre
house, Llanrwst 11 May 1881. _Entomologist xiv_, 145–50, 190
(1881).

BLACKWELL, THOMAS. Partner with E. Crosse as oilmen at 11 King st.
Soho, London 1829, this was oldest house of the kind in London
having been founded 1706; moved to Soho square 1840; began
manufacture of jams 1841 and of table jellies 1850. _d._
Brookshill, Harrow Weald 16 Dec. 1879. Will proved 6 March 1880,
Personalty sworn under £160,000. _H. Mayhew’s Shops of London i_,
174–88 (1865).

BLACKWELL, THOMAS EVANS (_son of John Blackwell, civil engineer who
d. 1840_). _b._ Devizes 28 July 1819; engineer to Kennet & Avon
canal co. 1840; engineer to Bristol docks 1852–57; vice pres. and
general manager of grand trunk railway 1857–62; F.G.S., F.R.G.S.;
A.I.C.E. 1843, M.I.C.E. 1849. _d._ 25 June 1863.

BLACKWOOD, ARTHUR JOHNSTONE (_2 son of Sir Henry Blackwood, admiral
R.N., 1 Baronet 1770–1832_). _b._ 25 April 1808; clerk in Colonial
office April 1824 to May 1867; groom of the privy chamber 1836 to
death. _d._ Oakham, Rutland 2 Jany. 1874.

BLACKWOOD, FRANCIS PRICE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 25 May
1809; entered navy 6 Dec. 1821; captain 28 June 1838; commanded
the Fly surveying vessel on East India station 17 Nov. 1841 to
1846; F.R.A.S. _d._ of cancer in the throat at Richmond 22 March
1854. _Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xxiv_, 80–81 (1854).

BLACKWOOD, GEORGE FREDERICK (_2 son of Wm. Blackwood, major in
Bengal army_). _b._ Moradabad, Bengal 1838; ed. at Edinburgh
academy and Addiscombe; 2 lieut. Bengal artillery 11 Dec. 1857;
commanded the artillery in the Lushai expedition Nov. 1871; major
10 Feb. 1875; commanded E. battery B. brigade of Royal Horse
Artillery in the Afghan campaign 1879 to death; killed at battle
of Maiwand 27 July 1880, being one of the 11 officers and men who
fought till they were all killed. _Shadbolt’s Afghan campaign_
(1882) 20–22, _portrait_.

BLACKWOOD, SIR HENRY, 3 Baronet. _b._ 7 May 1828; succeeded 7 Jany.
1851. _d._ Athens 26 May 1854.

BLACKWOOD, SIR HENRY MARTIN, 2 Baronet (_only son of Sir Henry
Blackwood, 1 baronet 1770–1832_). _b._ 11 June 1801; entered navy
22 July 1814; captain 28 April 1827; succeeded his father 14 Dec.
1832; commodore on East India station 29 June 1844; captain of the
Fox 14 Oct. 1843 to 5 Aug. 1848. _d._ Portsmouth 7 Jany. 1851.
_I.L.N. xviii_, 37 (1851).

BLACKWOOD, JOHN (_6 son of William Blackwood of Edinburgh, publisher
1776–1834_). _b._ Edinburgh 7 Dec. 1818; ed. at high school and
Univ. Edin.; superintended London branch of his brother Robert’s
publishing business 1840–45; partner in the firm 1845; head of the
firm 1852 to death; editor of _Blackwood’s Mag._ 1845 to death;
published in it George Eliot’s _Scenes of clerical life_,
published all her books except _Romola_. _d._ Strathtyrum, St.
Andrews 29 Oct. 1879. _The Critic xxi_, 6, 38, 102, 128, 192 _and_
225 (1860); _George Eliot’s Life by J. W. Cross 3 vols._ 1885;
_I.L.N. lxxii_, 461 (1879), _portrait_; _Graphic xx_, 525 (1879),
_portrait_.

BLAGDEN, ISA JANE. Lived at Florence 1849 to death; great friend of
Mrs. Theodosia Trollope and of Mrs. E. B. Browning both of whom
she nursed in their last illnesses; author of _Agnes Tremorne 2
vols._ 1861; _The cost of a secret 3 vols._ 1863; _The woman I
loved and the woman who loved me_ 1865; _The crown of a life_
1869. _d._ Florence 26 Jany. 1873. _Poems by the late Isa Blagden
with a memoir_ 1873.

BLAGDEN, RICHARD (_youngest son of Richard Bragg Blagden of
Petworlh, Sussex, surgeon_). M.R.C.S. 1811, F.R.C.S. 1843; surgeon
in London 1814–54; surgeon to Duchess of Kent 1828 to death;
surgeon accoucheur to Queen Victoria 1840 to death; F.R. Med. and
Chir. Soc. 1839, served on the council 1847–48. _d._ Percy place,
Bath 31 March 1861 aged 72.

BLAGDEN-HALE, EDWARD. _b._ 14 Aug. 1814; ensign 82 Foot 2 Aug. 1833,
lieut. col. 7 Sep. 1855 to 10 Nov. 1856 and 6 Feb. 1857 to 1 June
1861 when placed on h.p.; brigadier general Bengal 16 Oct. 1858 to
14 Feb. 1859; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 24 March 1858. _d._ Alderley,
Wotton under Edge 17 May 1881.

BLAGROVE, HENRY GAMBLE (_eld. son of Mr. Blaqrove of Nottingham,
professor of music_). _b._ Nottingham 20 Oct. 1811; appeared as a
violinist at Drury Lane theatre in an entertainment called _The
Lilliputians_ 1817; played at concerts at Exhibition rooms in
Spring Gardens 1817; studied at Royal Academy of Music 1823; solo
violinist in royal private band 1830–37; pupil of Spohr at Cassel
1832–34; played at Vienna and elsewhere with great success; leader
of a string quartet party which gave a series of concerts at the
Hanover square rooms 1836; led the State band at the Coronation of
Queen Victoria; principal violin in Jullien’s band, at both opera
houses, at most of the provincial festivals, the Handel festivals
at Crystal Palace, and leading musical societies in London; taught
the violin at R.A. of music; published some valuable exercises for
the violin, and a few solos. (_m._ 17 Aug. 1841 Etheldred dau. of
Henry Combe, she _d._ 8 Jany. 1869). _d._ 224 Marylebone road,
London 15 Dec. 1872. _Rev. W. W. Cazalet’s History of royal
academy of Music_ (1854) 285–87; _I.L.N. lxi_, 633 (1872),
_portrait_.

BLAIKIE, FRANCIS (_son of Andrew Blaikie, tenant of Holydean,
Scotland_). Went to England about 1789; agent to Earl of
Chesterfield, and then to Earl of Leicester; introduced the turnip
drill and other improvements in agriculture; author of papers on
science of agriculture; retired about 1832. _d._ St. Helens Sep.
1857.

BLAIKIE, SIR THOMAS (_4 son of John Blaikie, of Aberdeen_). _b._
Aberdeen 1802; ed. at gr. sch. and Marischal coll.; merchant at
Aberdeen; lord provost 5 times; knighted at St. James’s palace 20
Feb. 1856. _d._ Bonacord terrace, Aberdeen 25 Sep. 1861.

BLAINE, DELABERE ROBERTON. _b._ Woodbridge, Suffolk; solicitor in
Lincoln’s Inn Fields London; barrister M.T. 8 May 1846; revising
barrister for Essex 1866–71; judge of Northumberland county court
(circuit No. 1) April 1871; transferred to London (circuit No. 43)
Nov. 1871; F.R.G.S. 1854; author of _Laws of Artistic copyright
and their defects_ 1853; _Suggestions on the copyright bill_ 1861;
_d._ Southwick place, Hyde park sq. London 13 Dec. 1871 aged 64.

BLAIR, CHARLES EDWARD. L.S.A. 1836, M.R.C.S. 1836; army surgeon in a
Portugese regiment during war between Dom Miguel and Dom Pedro
1833–34; reported in the _Lancet_ the first cases of cholera in
London 1832; author of _Lectures on the anatomy and physiology of
the teeth_; K.C., K.T.S. _d._ East hill, Colchester 28 Aug. 1855
aged 45.

BLAIR, JAMES KENNEDY (_eld. son of James Blair of Weatfield,
Belfast_). _b._ Weatfield 9 Dec. 1807; ed. at Univ. of Edin.;
barrister L.I. 27 Jany. 1835; judge of Court of record for hundred
of Salford, Lancashire; joint judge of county courts for circuit
No. 6 comprising Liverpool, Ormskirk and St. Helens 22 Oct. 1857
to 28 Feb. 1872 when he resigned. _d._ New Brighton, Cheshire 1
Oct. 1879.

BLAIR, STEPHEN. _b._ Bolton 1804; Merchant and bleacher at Bolton;
M.P. for Bolton 12 Sep. 1848 to 1 July 1852. _d._ 5 July 1870.

BLAKE, BARNETT. Edited _Exeter and Plymouth Gazette_ 1843–52;
secretary of Exeter Literary and Scientific Institution 5 years;
editor and manager of _Liverpool Standard_; secretary of Yorkshire
Union of Mechanics’ Institutes 1856 to death. _d._ of typhus fever
at Beeston near Leeds 14 March 1866 aged 54.

BLAKE, EDWARD SAMUEL. Colonel in Bombay artillery 29 May 1861 to
death; C.B. 21 March 1859. _d._ 18 Princes sq. Bayswater, London
26 June 1862 aged 51.

BLAKE, SIR FRANCIS, 3 Baronet. _b._ Heston, Middlesex 1774;
succeeded 22 May 1818; M.P. for Berwick 29 March 1827 to 29 Dec.
1834. _d._ 10 Sep. 1860.

BLAKE, FREDERICK RODOLPH (_son of Wm. Blake of Danesbury who d. 24
Nov. 1852_). _b._ 15 Aug. 1808; ensign 85 Foot 30 June 1825;
lieut. col. 33 Foot 3 Oct. 1848 to death; served at battle of the
Alma and before Sebastopol; C.B. 5 July 1855. _d._ Rottingdean,
Sussex 23 Aug. 1855.

BLAKE, REV. GEORGE BANNERMAN. _b._ Aberdeen; ed. at Marischal
college Aberdeen; studied theology at New college Edinburgh; M.A.
1854; licensed by Presbytery of Edin. 1855; assistant pastor of
St. George’s presbyterian church Sunderland July 1856, junior
minister 9 July 1857 to death, ordained 9 July 1857; founded
Ropery lane mission, Sunderland March 1859. _d._ Sunderland 29
Aug. 1863 aged 32. _A memorial sketch of the late Rev. G. B. Blake
with a selection from his sermons_ 1864, _portrait_.

BLAKE, GEORGE CHARLES. Entered navy 2 July 1799; inspecting
commander in Coast Guard 1832–35; captain 28 June 1838; gentleman
usher to Prince Albert 1841; retired captain 15 Oct. 1852; retired
admiral 10 Sep. 1869. _d._ Bury near Gosport 14 Nov. 1872 aged 84.

BLAKE, SIR HENRY CHARLES, 4 Baronet. _b._ 23 Nov. 1794; succeeded 21
April 1832. _d._ Ashfield lodge, Great Ickworth, Suffolk 22 Jany.
1880.

BLAKE, MARTIN JOSEPH (_elder son of Walter Blake of Ballyglunin
park, Athenry, co. Galway_). _b._ 1790; M.P. for co. Galway
1833–57. _d._ Ballyglunin park March 1861.

BLAKE, PATRICK JOHN (_2 son of Sir James Henry Blake, 3 baronet who
d. 21 April, 1832_). _b._ 1797; entered navy April 1813; captain 6
May 1841; commanded the Juno 26 guns in the Pacific 3 Sep. 1845 to
14 Feb. 1849; admiral on h.p. 20 Oct. 1872. _d._ Thurston, Bury
St. Edmunds 29 Sep. 1884.

BLAKE, SIR THOMAS EDWARD, 13 Baronet. _b._ Killagh, co. Galway 25
May 1805; succeeded Jany. 1847. _d._ 2 Jany. 1875.

BLAKE, WILLIAM. Bought estate of Danesbury near Welwyn Herts. 1820;
sheriff of Herts. 1836; formed a valuable collection of modern
water colour paintings; F.R.S. 14 May 1807. _d._ Danesbury 24 Nov.
1852 aged 78.

BLAKE, WILLIAM HUME (_son of Rev. Dominick Edward Blake, R. of
Kiltegan, co. Wicklow_). _b._ Kiltegan 10 March 1809; ed. at Trin.
coll. Dublin; emigrated to Canada and settled in township of
Adelaide 1832; called to Canadian bar 1835; a bencher of Canadian
law society Nov. 1845; solicitor general 1848; chancellor of Upper
Canada 30 Sep. 1849 to 1862; judge of court of appeal; chancellor
of Univ. of Toronto; professor of law in Univ. of Toronto. _d._
Toronto 15 Nov. 1870. _Law Journal vi_, 23–24 (1871).

BLAKE, WILLIAM JOHN (_eld. son of Wm. Blake of Danesbury, Herts, who
d. 24 Nov. 1852_). _b._ 12 May 1805; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; double
first class 1826, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1829; barrister L.I. 10 June
1831; M.P. for Newport, Isle of Wight 26 July 1837 to 23 June
1841, defeated by one vote only 31 July 1847; F.R.S. 20 Jany.
1831. _d._ Danesbury 15 Sep. 1875.

BLAKE, WILLIAM WILLIAMS. Cornet 20 Dragoons 26 April 1797; major 21
March 1805 to Dec. 1818 when placed on h.p.; C.B. 4 June 1815.
_d._ Brighton 21 Feb. 1863 aged 83.

BLAKELY, REV. FLETCHER (_youngest son of Joseph Bleakly of
Ballyroney, co. Down, farmer_). _b._ Ballyroney 13 May 1783; ed.
at Glasgow college; Presbyterian minister of Moneyrea, co. Down 19
Sep. 1809; the first avowed humanitarian preacher in Ulster from
which arose the proverb ‘Moneyrea, where there is one God and no
devil’; joined with his whole congregation the remonstrant
secession from the Synod of Ulster 1829; assisted Henry Montgomery
leader of the New Light party in forming remonstrant synod; joint
editor of the _Bible Christian_ 1830–33; resigned ministry of
Moneyrea 22 Sep. 1857; author of several tracts and sermons, _d._
Cradley, Worcestershire 25 Feb. 1862. _bur._ at Moneyrea.
_Inquirer 15 March 1862_; _Christian Unitarian_ (1862), _p._ 123.

BLAKELY, VERY REV. THEOPHILUS. Educ. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1794;
alternate morning preacher at Berkeley and Fitzroy chapels London;
dean of Connor 4 May 1811 to 6 Dec. 1824; dean of Achonry 6 Dec.
1824 to 11 May 1839; dean of Down 11 May 1839 to death; one of the
first advocates of the Irish National system of education. _d._
Clare st. Dublin 1 Dec. 1855 aged 85. _G.M. xlv_, 309 (1856).

BLAKENEY, SIR EDWARD (_4 son of colonel Wm. Blakeney M.P. for
Athenry in Irish parliament_). _b._ Newcastle 1778; Cornet 8 Light
dragoons 28 Feb. 1794; lieut. col. 7 Foot 20 June 1811 to 2 June
1825; served in the Peninsula 1811–14; commanded first brigade in
army sent to Portugal 1825; colonel 7 Foot 20 Sep. 1832 to 21 Dec.
1854; commanded troops in Ireland 1838–55; general 20 June 1854;
colonel 1 Foot 21 Dec. 1854 to death; lieutenant governor of
Chelsea hospital 6 Feb. 1855, governor 25 Sep. 1856 to death;
field marshal 9 Nov. 1862; colonel in chief of Rifle brigade 28
Aug. 1865 to death; K.T.S. 1812, K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 7 May
1849; G.C.H. 7 May 1836; P.C. Ireland 7 May 1836. _d._ Chelsea
hospital 2 Aug. 1868.

BLAKENEY, REV. RICHARD PAUL. _b._ Roscommon 2 June 1820; ed. at
Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1842, LL.B. and LLD. 1852, D.D. Edin.
1868; C. of St. Paul’s, Nottingham 1843–44; P.C. of Hyson Green,
Notts. 1844–52; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Claughton, Cheshire Jany. 1852 to
1874; V. of Bridlington 1874 to death; rural dean of Bridlington
1876 to death; canon of York 1882 to death; author of _Translation
of the Moral theology of Alphonsus Liguori_ 1845, _2 ed._ 1852; _A
manual of Romish controversy_ 1851; _Protestant Catechism_ 1854;
_History and interpretation of the Book of common prayer_ 1865, _3
ed._ 1878. _d._ Bridlington 31 Dec. 1884. _Church portrait journal
May 1880, portrait._

BLAKESLEY, VERY REV. JOSEPH WILLIAMS (_son of Jeremiah George
Blakesley of City of London, factor who d. 1817 or 1818_). _b._ 38
Coleman st. city of London 6 March 1808; ed. at St. Paul’s school
1819–27 (captain 1826–27) and C. C. coll. Cam., migrated to
Trinity college 1830, foundation scholar 1830, 21 wrangler and 3
classic 1831, B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834, B.D. 1850; fellow of Trinity
1831, assistant tutor 1834, tutor 1839–45; member of the
celebrated Apostles club at Cambridge; select preacher 1840 and
1843; V. of Ware, Herts. 30 May 1845 to 1872; canon of Canterbury
27 June 1863 to 4 July 1872; dean of Lincoln 4 July 1872 to death;
master of the Mercers Company 1864; an active member of the
committee for revision of translation of New Testament; author of
_Thoughts on the recommendations of the Ecclesiastical commission_
1837; _Life of Aristotle_ 1839; _Conciones Academicæ_ 1843;
_Herodotus with a commentary 2 vols._ 1852–54; _Four months in
Algeria, with a visit to Carthage_ 1859; wrote under signature of
“A Hertfordshire Incumbent” many letters on social questions to
_The Times_ which attracted general attention. _d._ The deanery,
Lincoln 18 April 1885. _Saturday Review lix_, 533 (1885);
_Guardian 22 April 1885_, _p._ 596.

BLAKEY, ROBERT (_son of Robert Blakey of Morpeth, Northumberland,
mechanic who d. Feb. 1796 aged 22_). _b._ Manchester lane, Morpeth
18 May 1795; wrote for the _Black Dwarf_ a London paper 1817–21
and for the _Newcastle Mag._, _Durham Chronicle_ and _Cobbett’s
Register_ 1822–32; mayor of Morpeth 1836–37; purchased the
_Newcastle Liberator_ 1 Jany. 1838 which was amalgamated with the
_Champion_ a London weekly paper 1840; started the _Politician_ a
London weekly paper of which only 6 numbers were issued; professor
of logic and metaphysics in Queen’s college Belfast Aug. 1849 to
1851; a great proficient in the art of angling; granted civil list
pension of £100, 20 Jany. 1860; author of _An essay towards an
easy and useful system of logic_ 1834, _2 ed._ 1848; _Hints on
angling by Hackle Palmer_ 1846; _History of the philosophy of the
mind 4 vols._ 1848; _The anglers complete guide to the rivers and
lakes of England_ 1854; _The history of political literature from
the earliest times 2 vols._ 1854, and of a number of minor works.
_d._ 20 Blomfield road, Shepherds Bush, London 26 Oct. 1878.
_Memoirs of R. Blakey edited by Rev. H. Miller_ 1879.

BLAKISTON, ANNE (_elder dau. of John Rochfort of Clogrenane, co.
Carlow_). _m._ Sep. 1782 Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2 baronet, who was
_b._ 1760 and _d._ 20 Sep. 1806, she _d._ Lymington, Hants, 27
Nov. 1862 in 102 year.

BLAKISTON, SIR MATTHEW, 3 Baronet. _b._ Athlone 13 May 1783;
succeeded 20 Sep, 1806. _d._ Sandybrooke hall, Ashbourne,
Derbyshire 23 Dec. 1862.

BLAKISTON, SIR MATTHEW, 4 Baronet. _b._ Bath 15 Jany. 1811; ed. at
the Charterhouse and Trin. coll. Dub.; succeeded 23 Dec. 1862.
_d._ Sandybrooke hall 3 Dec. 1883.

BLAKISTON, PEYTON (_youngest child of Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2
baronet 1760–1806_). _b._ 6 Sep. 1801; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll.
Cam.; migrated to Em. coll., a Dixie fellow; B.A. 1823, M.A. 1827,
M.L. 1837, M.D. 1841; C. of Bilton, co. Warwick; V. of Lymington,
Hants. 1830–33; studied medicine at Cambridge and Paris; practised
at Birmingham, phys. to general hospital 1841; F.R.S. 21 Jany.
1840; F.R.C.P. 1843; practised at St. Leonard’s on Sea 1848–71;
author of _On diseases of the Chest_ 1848; _Clinical observations
on diseases of the heart_ 1865; _Clinical reminiscences_ 1878.
_d._ 140 Harley st. London 17 Dec. 1878. _Proc. of Med. and Chir.
Soc. viii_, 397–99 (1880); _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxix_, 1–2 (1879).

BLAMIRE, GEORGE. Barrister L.I. 25 June 1819; owner of large estates
in Cumberland and Glamorganshire; occupied 3 rooms on first floor
of 1 Adam st. Adelphi, London 1847 to death; slept in an arm chair
last 16 years of his life; found dead in his chair at 1 Adam st.
17 Sep. 1863, having probably died 13 or 14 Sep. aged 75.

BLAMIRE, JANE CHRISTIAN (_2 dau. of Wm. Blamire of The Oaks near
Dalston, Cumberland, surgeon who d. 29 Jany. 1814_). _b._ The Oaks
20 March 1788; housekeeper to her brother at Thackwood, Cumberland
1813 to 1831; a great philanthropist. _d._ Thackwood 20 Sep. 1857.
_H. Lonsdale’s Worthies of Cumberland iv_, 117–39 (1873).

BLAMIRE, WILLIAM (_only brother of the preceding_). _b._ The Oaks 13
April 1790; ed. at Carlisle and Westminster; entered Ch. Ch. Ox.
Oct. 1808, B.A. 1811; a great stock breeder, went to all the fairs
in Scotland and North England; sheriff of Cumberland 1828; M.P.
for Cumberland 9 May 1831 to 3 Dec. 1832, for East Cumberland 17
Dec. 1832 to Aug. 1836; made a great speech in House of Commons on
Tithe Commutation bill 25 March 1836; Tithe comr. for England and
Wales 22 Aug. 1836 to 8 Aug. 1851 when the commission expired
after having converted tithes into rent charges amounting to more
than £4,000,000 per annum; Copyhold and Tithe comr. 22 June 1841;
Inclosure comr. 21 Aug. 1845 to 1860. _d._ Thackwood near Carlisle
12 Jany. 1862. _A biographical sketch of the late W. Blamire by H.
Lonsdale, M.D._ 1862.

BLANC, JEAN JOSEPH LOUIS. _b._ Madrid 28 Oct. 1813; clerk in a
lawyer’s office in Paris 1830; edited a journal called _Le Bon
Sens_ 1836–38; founded _La revue du progrès_ 1838 in which he
advocated socialistic ideas; published _The organisation of
labour_ 1841; _Histoire des dix ans_ 1841 which helped to
precipitate the revolution of 1848; a member of the Provisional
government 1848; pres. of the Labour commission; declined the
Dictatorship; a member of the National Assembly; proscribed by the
Assembly; lived in exile in England 1849–70; correspondent to
several French journals; published _Letters on England_, _2 series
2 vols._ 1867; a member of French National Assembly Feb. 1871 to
death. _d._ Cannes 6 Dec. 1882. _Louis Blanc, sa vie, ses œuvres,
par C. Robin_ 1851, _portrait_; _Louis Blanc, par C. Edmond_ 1882,
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xii_, 182 (1848), _portrait, xiii_, 189
(1848), _portrait, lxxxi_, 629 (1882), _portrait_.

NOTE.—When an attempt was made to assassinate him in Paris 15
Aug. 1839 his brother Charles Blanc had a vivid presentiment
of the scene, an incident on which Dumas founded the play of
the Corsican Brothers.

BLANCHARD, EDMUND FORSTER (_youngest son of Samuel Laman Blanchard
of London, author 1804–45_). contributed to many periodicals;
connected with _Lloyd’s Newspaper_ some time; author with Edward
Wilberforce of _Poems_ 1857; published _The poetical works of
Oliver Goldsmith with a notice of his life and genius_ 1867. _d._
20 Air st. Piccadilly, London 25 July 1870 aged 38.

BLANCHARD, SIDNEY LAMAN (_elder brother of the preceding_). Author
of _The Ganges and the Seine 2 vols._ 1862; _Yesterday and to-day
in India_ 1867; _Riddles of love or the knave of hearts 3 vols._
1871. _d._ Brighton 9 Nov. 1883.

BLANCHARD, THOMAS. Pantaloon at Covent Garden theatre 26 Dec. 1827;
acquired considerable repute as a broadswordsman; obtained great
fame at the old Coburg theatre London for the celebrated drunken
combat with Thomas Bradley in _The Maid of Genoa_ 1828; said to be
original inventor of the “one two three and under” style of using
the broadsword; last appeared as pantaloon at Victoria theatre
1845; built some cottages at back of Victoria theatre which still
bear his name; _d._ London 20 Aug. 1859 aged 72.

BLAND, VENERABLE GEORGE (_2 son of Michael Bland F.R.S. who d. 19
April 1851 aged 74_). _b._ 1804; ed. at Caius coll. Cam., B.A.
1828, M.A. 1831; R. of Slinfold Sussex 1836–44; archdeacon of
Lindisfarne 7 May 1844 to 1853; archdeacon of Northumberland 1853
to death; R. of St. Mary-le-Bow Durham 1856–59. _d._ The college,
Durham 17 Feb. 1880.

BLAND, HUMPHREY. _b._ England 1812; an actor at Surrey theatre
London 1834; went to America 1844; made his début at Park theatre
New York 1 Sep. 1845 as Lewson in _The Gamester_; first appeared
in Philadelphia 4 March 1850 at the Arch st. theatre as Joseph
Surface in _The school for scandal_. _d._ New York 17 Jany. 1869.

BLAND, JAMES (_2 son of George Bland of London, actor by Maria
Theresa Romanzini of London, vocalist 1769–1838_). _b._ 5 March
1798; made his first appearance in London at English opera house 1
July 1822 in an operetta called _Love among the roses_; comedian
at Drury Lane and Haymarket, at Olympic 1831, at Covent Garden
1839, at Lyceum and Adelphi, and at Strand theatre down to his
death. _d._ at stage door of Strand theatre, Surrey st. London 17
July 1861.

BLAND, LOFTUS HENRY (_3 son of John Bland of Blandsfort, Queen’s
county who d. 11 Nov. 1810_). _b._ Blandsfort Aug. 1805; ed. at
Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; called to Irish bar 1829;
M.P. for King’s county 26 July 1852 to 23 April 1859; Q.C. 28
Jany. 1854; chairman of quarter sessions co. Cavan 1862. _d._ 33
Merrion sq. Dublin 21 Jany. 1872.

BLAND, MICHAEL (_only child of Thomas Bland of Norwich, merchant who
d. 28 Aug. 1818 in 79 year_). Partner in firm of Whitbread and Co.
of London, brewers; F.R.S. 8 Feb. 1816, F.S.A., F.G.S. _d._ 65
Cambridge terrace, Hyde park, London 19 April 1851 aged 74.

BLAND, REV. MILES (_son of Thomas Bland_). _b._ Sedbergh 11 Oct.
1786; ed. at Sedbergh sch. and St. John’s coll. Cam., 2 wrangler
and Smith’s prizeman 1808, B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811, B.D. 1818, D.D.
1826, fellow of his college 5 April 1808, assistant tutor 1809,
tutor to 1823; R. of Lilley, Herts. 16 May 1823 to death; preb. of
Wells cathedral 18 April 1826 to death; F.R.S. 12 April 1821,
F.R.A.S., F.S.A.; author of _Algebraical problems_ 1812, _9 ed._
1849; _Geometrical problems_ 1819, _3 ed._ 1827; _Annotations on
the historical books of the New Testament 2 vols._ 1828–29;
_Mechanical and philosophical problems_ 1830. _d._ 5 Royal
crescent, Ramsgate 27 Dec. 1867.

BLAND, WILLIAM (_younger son of Robert Bland of London, physician
who d. 29 June 1816 aged 76_). _b._ London 5 Nov. 1789; surgeon’s
mate on board a man-of-war; fought a duel with the purser of his
ship in the Persian gulf when he shot his opponent dead; fought
another duel with Lieut. Wm. Randall, tried at Calcutta and
sentenced to 7 years transportation 1814, exiled to Sydney 1814,
obtained a free pardon; surgeon at Sydney 1815 to death; fined £50
with 12 months in Paramatta gaol for libelling Governor Macquarie;
a naval surgeon 7 July 1826; member for Sydney to first elective
legislature of New South Wales 15 June 1843 to 1848; presented
with a testimonial of £1000 by people of Sydney 14 Sep. 1858. _d._
28 College st. Sydney 21 July 1868. _Carlisle’s History of family
of Bland_ (1826) 235–47; _Illust. news of the world iv_, 68
(1859), _portrait_; _Heads of the people ii_, 67 (1848),
_portrait_.

BLANE, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM. _b._ 29 March 1788; member of council
Mauritius; discovered the wealth of the Peel river district
Australia; deputy governor of Australian Agricultural company 1845
to death. _d._ Booral, Port Stephens 6 Nov. 1852.

BLANE, DAVID ANDERSON. _b._ 1801; entered Bombay civil service 1819;
member of council at Bombay 1 March 1849 to 1854 when he retired
on annuity. _d._ 21 Prince’s gardens, South Kensington, London 17
June 1879.

BLANE, SIR HUGH SEYMOUR, 2 Baronet. _b._ 29 July 1795; ed. at the
Charterhouse 1803–7; ensign 3 Foot guards 31 March 1814, captain
30 Aug. 1831 to 1835; succeeded 27 June 1834. _d._ The Pastures
near Derby 14 April 1869.

BLANE, ROBERT. Cornet 2 Life Guards 1 Nov. 1831; assistant adjutant
general and military sec. 1854–55; military attaché at St.
Petersburgh 21 July 1866 to death; colonel 11 April 1860; C.B. 2
Jany. 1857. _d._ 11 Eaton terrace, Eaton sq. London 30 May 1871.

BLANSHARD, THOMAS. Second lieut. R.E. 28 Sep. 1807, colonel 5 July
1851 to 16 Dec. 1854, M.G. 16 Dec. 1854; C.B. 19 July 1838. _d._
Grove house, Hampton, Middlesex 19 June 1859 aged 70.

BLANSHARD, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Richard Blanshard of
Northallerton_). _b._ 29 June 1802; served in East India company’s
navy 1817–19; barrister I.T. 16 May 1828; recorder of Ripon
1830–35; revising barrister 1832–63; advocate in all the Courts of
Archbishop of Canterbury, who created him M.A. 18 Feb. 1839;
recorder of Doncaster June 1857 to July 1870; judge of
Northumberland county court (circuit No. 1.) 10 Jany. 1863 to Oct.
1871; author of _A treatise on the statutes of limitations_ 1826.
_d._ Scarborough 28 Nov. 1872.

BLANTYRE, LADY EVELYN (_2 dau. of 2 Duke of Sutherland 1786–1861_).
_b._ 2 Hamilton place, Piccadilly, London 8 Aug. 1825. (_m._ 4
Oct. 1843 Charles Stuart, 12 Baron Blantyre who was _b._ 21 Dec.
1818). _d._ Nice 24 Nov. 1869. _Sir. H. Nicolas’s Court of Queen
Victoria_ (1845) 13–18, _portrait_; _Illust. News of the world
ix_, (1862), _portrait_.

BLASIS, CARLO (_son of Francesco Antonio Blasis of Naples, ballet
composer_). _b._ Naples 4 Dec. 1803; a principal dancer at
Marseilles, Bordeaux, Paris and Milan 1816–26; dancer and ballet
composer at the King’s theatre London 1826; finishing master of
the Imperial Academy of dancing at Milan 1 Dec. 1837; ballet
composer at Royal Italian opera Covent Garden 1846; composed the
Spanish dances which were performed at the public breakfasts given
by the Duchess of St. Albans; wrote more than 50 ballets; wrote
the chapters upon private dancing in _The young lady’s book_
1828–29; author of _The code of Terpsichore_ 1830. _d._ Cernolio
near lake of Como Jany. 1878. _Notes upon dancing by C. Blasis_
(1847) 36–148, _portrait_.

BLAXLAND, GREGORY. _b._ Kent 1771; emigrated to Sydney 1806; crossed
the Blue Mountains with W. C. Wentworth May 1813 after several
unsuccessful attempts had been made to do so; introduced
cultivation of oaten hay into colony of New South Wales. _d._ 3
Jany. 1853.

BLAYNEY, CADWALLADER DAVIS BLAYNEY, 12 Baron. _b._ Dover st.
Piccadilly, London 19 Dec. 1802; M.P. for Monaghan 18 Aug. 1830 to
8 April 1834, when he succeeded; an Irish representative peer 12
June 1841 to death. _d._ 18 Jany. 1874.

BLECKLEY, THOMAS MACDOUGALL (_son of Rev. John Bleckley_). _b._ 13
Dec. 1828; assistant surgeon in the army 6 Jany. 1854; surgeon
major 1 March 1873 to 24 Jany. 1880; C.B. 31 March 1874. _d._
Lorne house, Central hill, Upper Norwood 23 Nov. 1882.

BLEECK, ARTHUR HENRY. _b._ about 1829; employed in the British
Museum; held a post in connection with the land transport corps at
Sinope during Crimean war; author with W. B. Barker of _A
practical grammar of the Turkish language_ 1854; author of _A
concise grammar of the Persian language_ 1857; _Catalogue of the
Napoleon library in the possession of Mr. Joshua Bates privately
printed_ 1858; _Avesta, the religious books of the Parsees, from
Spiegel’s German translation of the original manuscripts 3 vols._
1864. _d._ 56 Bevington road, Kensington 27 Jany. 1877 aged 47.

BLEEK, WILHELM HEINRICH IMMANUEL (_son of Friedrich Bleek of Berlin,
biblical critic 1793–1859_). _b._ Berlin 8 March 1827; ed. at Bonn
and Berlin; studied habits and language of the Kaffirs in Natal
1855–57; interpreter to Sir George Grey at Cape Town 1857;
librarian of the valuable collection of rare books presented by
Sir G. Grey to the colony at Cape Town 1 Feb. 1862 to death;
granted civil list pension of £150, 18 June 1870. (_m._ Jemima
Charlotte, she was granted a civil list pension of £100, 13 June
1877); author of _The languages of Mozambique_ 1856; _The library
of Sir George Grey 2 vols._ 1858–59; _Comparative grammar of South
African languages_, _2 parts_ 1862–69; _Reynard the Fox in South
Africa, or Hottentot tales and fables_ 1864; _Bushman folklore_
1875. _d._ Cape Town 17 Aug. 1875. _Cape Monthly Mag. xi_, 167–69
(1875).

BLENKINS, WILLIAM BAZETT GOODWIN. Captain 6 Bombay native infantry
26 April 1842 to death; C.B. 4 July 1843. _d._ Bombay 12 June
1852.

BLENKIRON, WILLIAM (_son of Mr. Blenkiron of Marrick near Richmond,
Yorkshire, farmer_). _b._ Marrick 1807; a general agent at 78½
Wood st. Cheapside, London 1834–48; a breeder of race horses at
Dalston 1848, at Middle park near Eltham 1852 to death; his
breeding stud gradually became the largest in England; held his
first sale of blood stock at Middle park June 1856, held two
annual sales there 1867 to death; bred Hermit winner of the Derby
1867, and Gamos winner of the Oaks 1870; gave 5000 guineas for
Blink Bonny, 5000 guineas for Blair Athol, and 5800 guineas for
Gladiateur; founded the great two year old race at Newmarket,
namely The Middle Park Plate 1866. _d._ Middle Park 25 Sep. 1871
in 64 year. _Rice’s History of the British turf ii_, 338–44
(1879); _Gent. Mag. iii_, 451–62 (1869); _I.L.N. lix_, 377 (1871),
_portrait_; _Illust. sporting and dramatic news i_, 181 (1874),
_portrait_; _Sporting life 27 Sep. 1871_, _p._ 2, _cols._ 1, 5, 4
_Oct._ _p._ 2, _col._ 6.

BLEWITT, JONATHAN (_son of Jonas Blewitt of London, organist who d.
1805_). _b._ about 1781; organist in London, at Haverhill and at
Brecon; organist of St. Andrew’s Dublin; composer and director of
music at T. R. Dublin; grand organist to Freemasons of Ireland;
wrote pantomime music for most of the London theatres 1826–52;
director of music at Sadler’s Wells Theatre 1828–29, at Vauxhall
gardens 1838 and at Tivoli gardens Margate; wrote a few light
operas and upwards of 2000 pieces of vocal music, most of them
comic songs, the best known are _Barney Brallaghan’s Courtship_
and _The merry little fat grey man_ 1845, which he used to sing
inimitably; composed the tune of _The Perfect Cure_ 1844 which was
associated with a now forgotten song called _The monkey and the
nuts_, 20 years afterwards it was utilised by James Hurst Stead
who became known as The Perfect Cure, and cleared more than £2000
by linking the tune with other words. _d._ London 4 Sep. 1853 in
73 year.

BLEWITT, OCTAVIAN (_son of John Edwards Blewitt of London, merchant
1784–1860_). _b._ St. Helen’s place, Bishopsgate, London 3 Oct.
1810; ed. at Plymouth gr. sch.; travelled in Italy, Egypt, Greece,
Turkey and other countries 1837–39; secretary of Royal literary
fund in London 13 March 1839 to death; elected a member of the
Athenæum club 1848 by a majority of 112 votes to 2; F.G.S. 1835; a
knight of order of Leopold of Belgium 1872; edited the newspaper
portion of the _Gardener’s Chronicle_ 1840–69; author of _A
panorama of Torquay_ 1830; _A sketch of the district comprised
between the Dart and the Teign_ 1832; _Treatise on the happiness
arising from the exercise of the Christian faith_ 1832; _Handbook
for travellers in Central Italy_ 1843 (_anon._) _2 ed._ (_with the
author’s name_) 1850; _Handbook for travellers in Southern Italy_
1853. _d._ 133 Elgin crescent, London 4 Nov. 1884. _Biograph v_,
170–85 (1881).

BLEWITT, REGINALD JAMES (_2 son of Edward Blewitt of Llantarnam
abbey, Monmouthshire who d. 8 March 1832 in 70 year_). _b._ 26 May
1799; ed. at Rugby; solicitor at 8 New square Lincoln’s Inn London
1821–27; M.P. for borough of Monmouth 24 July 1837 to March 1852;
established the _Monmouthshire Merlin_ a liberal paper 1829,
edited it 1829–32; manager of Monmouthshire bank which failed for
a very large sum. _d._ The Priory, Putney 11 Sep. 1878. _Law Times
lxv_, 405 (1878).

BLIGH, SIR JOHN DUNCAN (_2 son of John Bligh, 4 Earl of Darnley
1767–1831_). _b._ London 11 Oct. 1798; ed. at Eton, and Ch. Ch.
Ox., B.A. 1821, B.C.L. 1828, D.C.L. 1836; paid attaché in Paris 9
May 1828; sec. of legation at Florence 30 July 1829; sec. of
embassy at The Hague 1 Nov. 1830; Min. plenipo. at The Hague 3
July 1832, at St. Petersburg 7 Sep. 1832, at Stockholm 28 Oct.
1835, and at Hanover 17 April 1838 to 14 June 1856 when he
retired; C.B. 1 March 1851, K.C.B. 30 Sep. 1856. _d._ Sandgate,
Kent 8 May 1872.

BLIGHT, WILLIAM. Entered navy 9 May 1793; captain 22 July 1830;
retired R.A. 27 Sep. 1855. _d._ Stonehouse, Plymouth 22 July 1862
aged 77.

BLISS, HENRY (_4 son of Jonathan Bliss of New Brunswick_). _b._ New
Brunswick; barrister I.T. 9 Feb. 1827, bencher 1850, reader 1863,
treasurer 1864; Q.C. 1850; agent in England for Nova Scotia many
years; author of _On colonial intercourse_ 1830; _Statistics of
the trade, industry and resources of Canada_ 1833; _State trials,
specimen of a new edition by N. T. Moile, pseud._ 1838; _Cicero, a
drama by N. T. Moile_, 1847; _Robespierre, a tragedy_ 1854. _d._
Folkestone 31 July 1873 aged 76.

BLISS, REV. PHILIP (_son of Rev. Philip Bliss 1742–1803 R. of
Frampton Cotterell, Gloucs_). _b._ Chipping Sodbury, Gloucs. 21
Dec. 1787; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ 1797–1806 and St. John’s coll.
Ox., scholar 1806, law fellow 1809, B.C.L. 1815, D.C.L. 1820;
assistant librarian Bodleian library 1810, under librarian July
1822 to Dec. 1828; prepared the first 136 pages of the catalogue
issued 1814; C. of Newington, Oxon. 1817 to Feb. 1830; registrar
of the University 1824 to April 1853; chaplain at Studley Priory
1830–55; registrar of the University Court 1831; principal of St.
Mary hall Ox. April 1848 to death; edited Bishop Earle’s
_Microcosmography_ 1811; Anthony à Wood’s _Athenæ Oxonienses and
Fasti 4 vols._ 1813–20; _Reliquiæ Hearnianæ the remains of Thomas
Hearne 2 vols._ 1857, _2 ed._ 1869 and many other books. _d._ the
Lodgings St. Mary Hall, Oxford 18 Nov. 1857. _Dict. of Nat. Biog.
v_, 221–22 (1886).

BLITZ, ANTONIO. _b._ Deal, Kent 21 June 1810; made his first
appearance on the stage as a ventriloquist and conjurer at Hamburg
Sep. 1823; performed in all the cities of North Europe; first
appeared in England at Dover Dec. 1825, and in London at Coburg
theatre, Lent 1828; sailed for New York 1 Aug. 1834; in 1870 there
were 13 conjurers travelling in America under assumed name of
Blitz. _d._ Philadelphia 28 Jany. 1877. _Fifty years in the magic
circle by Signor Blitz_ (1871), _portrait_.

BLOCHMANN, HENRY. _b._ Dresden 7 Jany. 1838; landed at Calcutta Sep.
1858; professor of mathematics at the Doveton college Calcutta
1862–65; M.A. Calcutta Univ. 1865; assistant professor of the
Calcutta Madrassa 1865, principal 1875 to death; member of Asiatic
Society of Bengal 6 April 1864, sec. 1868 to death; author of _The
Prosody of the Persians_ 1872; _School geography of India_ 1873;
_English and Urdu school dictionary Romanized_, _8 ed._ 1877; _The
first geography, 17 ed._ 1879. _d._ Calcutta 13 July 1878. _Proc.
of Asiatic Society of Bengal_ (1878) 164–67.

BLOCKLEY, JOHN. _b._ 1801; Music publisher at 3 Argyll st. Regent
st. London; composed many ballads, several of which were very
popular namely the duet _List tis music stealing_ and the songs
_Love not_ and _The Englishman_. _d._ 6 Park road, Haverstock
hill, London 24 Dec. 1882.

BLOIS, SIR CHARLES, 7 Baronet. _b._ Sway, Hants. 1794; lieut. col.
East Suffolk militia 1844 to 1853; succeeded 20 Aug. 1850. _d._
Cockfield hall, Suffolk 12 June 1855.

BLOMEFIELD, REV. SIR THOMAS EARDLEY WILMOT, 3 Baronet. _b._ Peamore
near Exeter 3 Aug. 1820; succeeded 30 June 1858, V. of All Saint’s
Pontefract 1859–72; master of Archbishop Holgate’s hospital near
Hemsworth 1872 to death. _d._ Holgate lodge, Pontefract 21 Nov.
1878.

BLOMEFIELD, SIR THOMAS WILLIAM, 2 Baronet. _b._ Arlington st.
Piccadilly, London 24 March 1791; succeeded 24 Aug. 1822. _d._
Egremont lodge, Brighton 30 June 1858.

BLOMFIELD, RIGHT REV. CHARLES JAMES (_eld. son of Charles Blomfield
of Bury St. Edmunds, school master who d. 28 Sep. 1831 in 69
year_). _b._ Bury St. Edmunds 29 May 1786; ed. at Bury gr. sch.
and Trin. coll. Cam.; scholar 1805, fellow Oct. 1809, Craven Univ.
scholar 1806, 3 wrangler and Chancellor’s classical medallist
1808; B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811, B.D. 1818, D.D. 1820; R. of Dunton,
Bucks. Dec. 1811; V. and R. of Great and Little Chesterford July
1817; R. of Tuddenham, Suffolk 1817; R. of St. Botolph,
Bishopsgate May 1820; archdeacon of Colchester 15 Jany. 1822 to 4
June 1824; bishop of Chester 8 June 1824, consecrated in Whitehall
chapel 20 June; bishop of London 15 Aug. 1828 to 30 Sep. 1856 when
he resigned on a pension of £6000; P.C. 31 July 1828; admitted
dean of chapels royal 12 Dec. 1828, enthroned in St. Paul’s
cathedral 16 Jany. 1829; member of Ecclesiastical commission 1836
of which he was the moving spirit; published editions of
_Prometheus Vinctus_ 1810, _Septem contra Thebas_ 1812, _Persæ_
1814, _Choephoræ_ 1821; an edition of _Callimachus_ 1815 and of
_Euripides_ 1821; wrote on classical subjects for _Edinburgh_ and
_Quarterly Reviews_, and for the _Museum Criticum_ a journal
established by himself and James Henry Monk 1813. _d._ Fulham
palace 5 Aug. 1857. _A memoir of C. J. Blomfield edited by his son
Alfred Blomfield, 2 ed._ 1864; _Rev. G. E. Biber’s Bishop
Blomfield and his times_ 1857; _H. Martineau’s Biographical
sketches, 4 ed._ (1876) 167–74; _I.L.N. xxiv_, 401 (1854),
_portrait_.

BLOOD, BINDON. _b._ Cranacher, Ireland; lived at 22 Queen st.
Edinburgh 1829–42; an original member of the Abbotsford Club 20
March 1833; a great collector of books which were piled in great
heaps in his garrets, cellars and warerooms like unsorted goods;
known as The Vampire and The Dragon. _d._ Ireland 1855. _Crombie’s
Modern Athenians_ (1882) 11–14, _portrait_; _J. H. Burton’s The
bookhunter, new ed._ (1882) 55–58.

BLOOD, CLEMENTS. Lieutenant Bombay artillery 10 June 1821; major
Bombay artillery 10 Nov. 1854; brigadier in command at Ahmednuggur
12 March 1855 to 18 Feb. 1858, and at Hyderabad 18 Feb. 1858 to 12
May 1859 when he retired with rank of M.G. _d._ Chiswick,
Middlesex 10 April 1869 aged 63.

BLOOD, RICHARD. Lieutenant 6 Bombay N.I. 20 April 1819, lieut. col.
1 European regiment 1 Nov. 1852 to 18 May 1858; M.G. 1 Dec. 1858.
_d._ 6 Circus road, St. John’s Wood, London 8 July 1877 aged 74.

BLOOMFIELD, JOHN ARTHUR DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD, 2 Baron (_eld. child of
Benjamin Bloomfield, 1 Baron Bloomfield 1768–1846_). _b._ 12 Nov.
1802; attaché at Vienna 16 Feb. 1818; envoy extraord. and min.
plenipo. at St. Petersburgh 3 April 1844, at Berlin 28 April 1851,
at Vienna 22 Nov. 1860 to 28 Oct. 1871 when he retired on a
pension; succeeded 15 Aug. 1846; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 1
March 1851, G.C.B. 3 Sep. 1858, P.C. 17 Dec. 1860; created Baron
Bloomfield of Ciamhaltha in the United Kingdom 7 Aug. 1871. (_m._
4 Sep. 1845 Georgiana 16 and youngest child of 1 Baron
Ravensworth, she was _b._ 13 April 1822). _d._ Ciamhaltha,
Newport, Tipperary 17 Aug. 1879. _Reminiscences of court and
diplomatic life by Georgiana Baroness Bloomfield ii_, 310 (1883),
_portrait_.

BLOOMFIELD, HENRY KEANE. Ensign 59 Foot 30 Sep. 1813; lieut. col. 11
Foot 27 June 1845 to 1 April 1859 when placed on h.p.; colonel 64
Foot 20 Jany. 1867 to death; L.G. 13 Aug. 1868. _d._ 108 Jermyn
st. Piccadilly, London 11 Feb. 1870 aged 72.

BLOOMFIELD, SIR JOHN (_son of Patrick Bloomfield of Sligo_). _b._
1793; ed. at Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 28 April 1810, colonel 28
Nov. 1854, colonel commandant 5 April 1866 to death; aide-de-camp
to the Queen 20 June 1854 to 25 Sep. 1859; inspector general of
artillery 1 May 1859 to 30 June 1864; general 26 Nov. 1876; K.C.B.
13 March 1867, G.C.B. 24 May 1873. _d._ 108 Jermyn st. London 1
Aug. 1880.

BLOOMFIELD, REV. SAMUEL THOMAS. Educ. at Sid. Sus. coll. Cam., B.A.
1808, M.A. 1811, D.D. 1829; V. of Bisbrooke, Rutland 1814 to
death; hon. canon of Peterborough cath. 1854 to death; granted
civil list pension of £200, 30 June 1846; author of _Recensio
synoptica annotationis sacræ, being a critical digest of the most
important annotations on the New Testament 8 vols._ 1826–28;
_Translation of Thucydides 3 vols._ 1829; _The Greek Testament
with English notes 2 vols._ 1832, _12 ed._ 1870; _A Greek and
English lexicon to the New Testament_ 1840, _2 ed._ 1845. _d._
Hone house, Wandsworth common near London 28 Sep. 1869 aged 85.

BLORE, EDWARD (_eld. son of Thomas Blore of Derby, topographer
1764–1818_). _b._ Derby 13 Sep. 1787; architect and artist;
designed exterior of Abbotsford for Sir Walter Scott 1816;
designed organ-screen and choir fittings of Peterborough
cathedral; restored Glasgow cathedral and Merton college chapel;
special architect to Wm. iv and Victoria; completed erection of
Buckingham Palace for £100,000, 1837; architect at Westminster
Abbey; declined honour of knighthood; F.S.A. 27 Nov. 1823; D.C.L.
Oxford 1834; F.R.S. 10 June 1841; a founder of Royal Archæological
Institute Dec. 1843; author of _The monumental remains of noble
and eminent persons comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great
Britain_ 1825. _d._ 4 Manchester sq. London 4 Sep. 1879. _Proc. of
Soc. of Antiq. viii_, 347–52 (1881); _I.L.N. lxxv_, 280 (1879),
_portrait_.

BLORE, REV. EDWARD WILLIAM (_elder son of the preceding_). _b._
London 24 Jany. 1828; ed. at Eton 1842–47, member of the cricket
eleven; began residence at Trin. coll. Cam. Oct. 1847, scholar
1849, fellow Oct. 1853; in the Cambridge eleven 1848–51; 37
wrangler 1851, B.A. 1851; assistant tutor of his college 1857,
tutor 1862, senior tutor 1868–75, senior dean 1860–66; prime mover
in restoration of Trin. coll. chapel, only important building in
England founded by Queen Mary. _d._ Trinity college, Cambridge 24
June 1885. _The little journal i_, 77–88 (1884).

BLORE, ROBERT. Manufacturer of small porcelain biscuit figures in
Bridge gate, Derby 1830; very clever in making pastes and glazes;
an assistant at Mason’s factory at Lane Delph; superintended a
pot-works at Middlesbrough until his death. _d._ about 1866.

BLOUNT, SIR EDWARD, 8 Baronet. _b._ Mawley hall, Cleobury Mortimer,
Salop 3 March 1795; succeeded 31 Oct. 1803; sheriff of
Worcestershire 1835. _d._ Mawley hall 28 April 1881.

BLOXAM, REV. ANDREW (_4 son of Rev. Richard Rouse Bloxam, assistant
master of Rugby school 38 years who d. 28 March 1840_). _b._ Rugby
22 Sep. 1801; ed. at Rugby 1808–20 and Worcester coll. Ox., B.A.
1824, M.A. 1827; fellow of his college; naturalist on board the
Blonde frigate (which conveyed bodies of King and Queen of
Sandwich Islands to their native land) 1824–26; P.C. of Twycross,
Leics. 1839–71; R. of Harborough Magna 1871 to death; wrote on
conchology, ornithology and plants; author of _A guide to Bradgate
park with natural history of Charnwood Forest_ 1829. _d._
Harborough Magna 2 Feb. 1878. _Midland Naturalist_, _April 1878
pp._ 88–90.

NOTE.—A water-colour drawing by Turner in the National Gallery
represents A. Bloxam and his five brothers attending the
funeral of their uncle Sir T. Lawrence, R.A.

BLOXAM, CHARLES JOHN. Admitted solicitor Trinity term 1821;
practised in London to death, probably oldest solicitor in
practice on the rolls; senior member of court of Clothworkers’
Company, served as master when the new hall was opened by Prince
Albert 27 March 1860. _d._ 16 Bedford place, Russell sq. London 25
Feb. 1885 in 85 year.

BLOXAM, REV. RICHARD ROWLAND (_elder brother of Rev. A. Bloxam_).
_b._ Jany. 1798; ed. at Rugby and Worcester coll. Ox., B.A. 1819;
master of Guilsborough gr. sch. 1821–24; chaplain of Pembroke
dockyard 1845; domestic chaplain to Earl Ferrers 1848; R. of
Harlaston, Tamworth 1850 to death; author of _A voyage to the
Sandwich Islands in H.M.S. Blonde_. _d._ Leamington 23 Jany. 1877.

BLOXAM, THOMAS. _b._ London 1836; ed. at city of London school and
King’s college; chemist to Industrial museum of Scotland 1860 to
date when office was abolished; lecturer on chemistry at St.
George’s hospital London; lecturer in experimental and natural
science at Cheltenham college 1862 to death; F.C.S. 1859, F.G.S.
1869. _d._ London July 1872. _Cheltenham College Mag. iii_, 258–59
(1872).

BLUNDELL, FREDERICK. Second lieutenant Madras artillery 1813,
colonel 4 May 1858 to death; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854.
_d._ Cheltenham 5 July 1860 aged 62.

BLUNDELL, JAMES. _b._ London 27 Dec. 1790; ed. at United Borough
hospitals and Univ. of Edin., M.D. 24 June 1813; physician in
London 1813 to death; L.R.C.P. 25 June 1818, F.R.C.P. 6 Aug. 1838;
lecturer at Guy’s hospital 1819 to 1836; his class on Midwifery
was largest in London; author of _Researches, physiological and
pathological_ 1825; _Principles and practice of Obstetricy_ 1834;
_Observations on some of the more important diseases of women_
1837; _d._ 80 Piccadilly, London 15 Jany. 1878. Personalty sworn
under £350,000, 9 Feb. 1878. _Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery
vol. 1_ (1840), _portrait_; _W. C. Taylor’s National portrait
gallery ii_, 59 (1846), _portrait_; _Medical Circular i_, 283
(1852).

BLUNT, JOHN ELIJAH. Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1819, M.A. 1822;
barrister L.I. 24 June 1822; a comr. in lunacy 1833–42; master in
chancery 26 Nov. 1849 to death; author of _A history of the
establishment and residence of the Jews in England with an enquiry
into their civil disabilities_ 1830. _d._ 45 Dover st. Piccadilly,
London 28 June 1856 aged 59.

BLUNT, REV. JOHN HENRY. _b._ Chelsea 25 Aug. 1823; a manufacturing
chemist in London; entered Univ. coll. Durham 1850, L. Th. 1852,
hon. M.A. 1855, hon. D.D. June 1882; C. of Tynemouth,
Northumberland 1853–54; C. of Breamore, Hants. 1867–68; V. of
Kennington near Oxford 1868–73; R. of Beverstone, Gloucs. 20 Jany.
1873 to death; F.S.A. 7 June 1866; author of _The Atonement_ 1855;
_Three essays on the Reformation_ 1860; _Key to the Bible_ 1865;
_Annotated book of Common Prayer_ 1866, _new ed._ 1884; _History
of the Reformation_ 1868; _Dictionary of theology_ 1870, _2 ed._
1872; _The book of church law_ 1872; _Dictionary of sects and
heresies_ 1874; _Annotated Bible_ 1878 and many other books. _d._
London 11 April 1884. _Church Times 18 April 1884 p._ 303.

BLUNT, REV. JOHN JAMES (_son of Rev. John Blunt V. of
Lilleshall, Shropshire who d. 14 June 1843 aged 77_). _b._
Newcastle-under-Lyme 1794; entered St. John’s coll. Cam. 1812,
first Bell scholar 1813, 15 wrangler 1816, B.A. 1816, M.A.
1819, B.D. 1826, fellow of his college 1816; travelling
bachelor 1818, travelled in Italy and Sicily; C. of Hodnet,
Shropshire 1823; C. of Chetwynd, Shropshire; Hulsean lecturer
at Cam. 1831–32; R. of Great Oakley, Essex 1834–39; Lady
Margaret professor of divinity at Cambridge 9 May 1839;
offered the bishopric of Salisbury 1854; author of _Vestiges
of ancient manners and customs discoverable in modern Italy
and Sicily_ 1823; _Sketch of the Reformation in England_ 1832,
_29 ed._ 1875; _The acquirements and principal obligations and
duties of the parish priest_ 1856, _6 ed._ 1872; _A history of
the Christian church during the first three centuries_ 1856,
_4 ed._ 1869; _On the right use of the early fathers, two
series of lectures_ 1857, _2 ed._ 1858. _d._ Cambridge 17 June
1855. _Rev. J. J. Blunt’s Two introductory lectures on the
study of the early Fathers, 2 ed._ 1856 _v-xii_; _Quarterly
Review civ_, 151–70 (1858); _Guardian 10 May 1882 pp._ 665–66;
_Cambridge Chronicle 23 June 1855_.

BLUNT, RICHARD. Ensign 3 Foot 31 Jany. 1787; lieut. col. 23 Aug.
1799 to 1814; colonel 66 Foot 25 March 1835 to death; general 23
Nov. 1841. _d._ Barnfield house, Southampton 25 Dec. 1859 aged 90.

BLYTH, BENJAMIN HALL (_son of Robert Brittain Blyth of Edinburgh,
iron merchant_). _b._ Edinburgh 14 July 1819; civil engineer at
Edin. 1850 to death; engineer in chief to Great North of Scotland
railway 1852; acted as adviser and engineer at various times to
most of the principal railway companies in Scotland; constructed
many important lines; extensively employed as a parliamentary
engineer; A.I.C.E. 1844, M.I.C.E. 1851. _d._ North Berwick near
Edin. 21 or 22 Aug. 1866. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxvi_,
556–60 (1867).

BLYTH, EDWARD, _b._ London 23 Dec. 1810; a druggist at Tooting 1832;
contributed to _Magazine of natural history_ from 1833; curator of
museum of Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta Sep. 1841 to 1862;
contributed to the _Indian Field_, _India sporting review_ and
_Calcutta Review_; contributed to _Land and Water_ and the _Field_
under nom de plume of Zoophilus; one of the first zoologists of
his time, and founder of the study of that science in India, _d._
27 Dec. 1873. _Memoir prefixed to Catalogue of mammals and birds
of Burma by E. Blyth in Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal extra
number Aug. 1875, portrait._

BLYTHE, DAVID (_son of Charles Blythe of Yetholm, Roxburghshire,
king of the gipsies who d. 1861_). _b._ Wooler, Northumberland
1795; king of the gipsies at Yetholm 1861 to death. _d._ 17 Feb.
1883. _bur._ in Chirnside churchyard. _David Blythe the gipsy
king, a character sketch by Charles Stuart, M.D._ 1883,
_portrait_; _All the year round vi_, 69–72 (1861).

BLYTHE, JOHN DEAN (_son of Peter Dean Blythe of Ashton-under-Lyne_).
_b._ Ashton-under-Lyne 12 April 1842; worked in a factory;
reporter on a local paper; learned Latin, French and Spanish;
edited a manuscript magazine circulated amongst members of a
self-improvement society at Manchester; killed by accidental
discharge of a revolver 5 Feb. 1869. _A sketch of the life and a
selection from the writings of J. D. Blythe_ 1870.

BOAG, JOHN. _b._ Highgate in parish of Beith, Ayrshire 7 Jany. 1775;
matric. at Univ. of Glasgow 1797; joined the body of independents
or congregationalists who in 1812 formed themselves into
Congregational Union of Scotland; held small charges in Isle of
Man and Helensburgh; pastor in village of Blackburn,
Linlithgowshire; author of _A popular and complete English
dictionary 2 vols._ 1848; _The imperial lexicon of the English
language 2 vols._ 1853, and of a number of pamphlets on questions
of the day. _d._ Craigton house, Linlithgowshire 15 Sep. 1863.

BOAG, SIR ROBERT (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 22 Aug. 1809;
alderman of Belfast; knighted at Dublin Castle 30 Jany. 1877.
(_m._ 1834 Violet only dau. of John Stevens of Glasgow). _d._
Glenorchy house, Newington, Edinburgh 7 Nov. 1877.

BOASE, CHARLES WILLIAM (_3 son of Henry Boase 1763–1827, managing
partner in banking house of Ransom, Morland and Co. Pall Mall,
London_). _b._ 6 Knightsbridge, London 8 June 1804; ed. at Helston
gr. sch.; entered Dundee New Bank 1821, manager 1828; cashier of
Dundee Banking company 13 March 1838, manager 1840 to 20 Feb. 1864
when it was merged in Royal bank of Scotland, managed the branch
to 21 Dec. 1867 when he retired on a pension; secretary and
treasurer of Watt Institution Dundee 1824–36, founded the museum
to which he largely contributed; received freedom of Dundee 1 Sep.
1831 for his exertions in aiding to procure it a liberal
constitution; one of the trustees elected by the creditors when
town of Dundee became bankrupt 1842; a member of the Catholic
Apostolic or Irvingite church 1836, erected a little chapel in
Bell st. Dundee which the congregation used until 30 Nov. 1867
when church in Constitution road was opened; ordained to the
priesthood Oct. 1836 and to the Episcopate Aug. 1851; had charge
of the Evangelistic work throughout Scotland Dec. 1867 to death;
author of _Tithes and Offerings_ 1865; _A century of banking in
Dundee_ 1867; _The Elijah ministry_ 1868; _Notes on doctrine and
ecclesiastical facts_ 1868; _Physical a part of theological
science, 2 ed._ 1874. _d._ Albury, Surrey 7 June 1872. _W.
Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873) 397–99; _An account of the
families of Boase or Bowes privately printed_ (1876) 13–14.