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.