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

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._