Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

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.