BLACKALL, JOHN (_6th son of Rev. Theophilus Blackall, Preb. of Exeter cath. who d. 4 Aug. 1781_). _b._ St. Paul’s st. Exeter 24 Dec. 1771; ed. at Exeter gr. sch. and Balliol coll. Ox.; B.A. 1793, M.A. 1796, M.B. 1797, M.D. 1801; studied medicine at St. Bartholomew’s hosp. London; practised at Exeter 1797–1801 and 1807–52; physician to Devon and Exeter hosp. 1 June 1797–1801 when he resigned, and June 1807; practised at Totnes 1801–1807; physician to St. Thomas’s lunatic asylum Exeter 1812; candidate of R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1814; fellow 22 Dec. 1815; the chief physician in the West of England 1822–52; author of _Observations on the nature and cure of dropsies_ 1813 _4 ed._ 1818 which at once placed him in the rank of the first physicians of his day and acquired for him an European reputation. _d._ Southernhay Exeter 10 Jany. 1860. _Munk’s Roll of royal college of physicians iii_, 138–41 (1878), abridged from _British Medical Journal i_, 75–76 (1860). BLACKALL, ROBERT. Entered Bengal army 1805; colonel of 43 N.I. 18 July 1848, of 2 European Fusiliers 7 April 1851, and of 13 N.I. 19 Aug. 1859 to death; L.G. 18 Dec. 1860. _d._ 20 April 1863. BLACKALL, SAMUEL WENSLEY (_eld. son of Robert Blackall of Colamber manor, co. Longford who d. 1855_). _b._ 1809; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; ensign 85 Foot 26 June 1827, lieut. 17 Feb. 1832 to 1 Feb. 1833 when he sold out; sheriff of co. Longford 1833, of co. Tyrone 1862; M.P. for co. Longford 13 Aug. 1847 to April 1851; lieutenant governor of Dominica 1 April 1851 to 1857; governor of Sierra Leone 1862; governor of West African Settlements 23 Feb. 1866; governor of Queensland 4 May 1868 to death. _d._ Brisbane 21 Jany. 1871. BLACKBOURN, JOHN (_son of James Blackbourn of Billingsgate, London, fish salesman_). One of the singing boys of St. Paul’s cathedral 1800–1808, apprenticed to John Sale the master of the boys 1811; organist of Wandsworth parish church 1818–21 and of Clapham parish church 1821 to death; member of Royal Society of Musicians 1818, of the Madrigal Society 1819, of the Glee Club 1819, and secretary to 1825. _d._ Clapham 18 Dec. 1854 aged 62.