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.