BLANTYRE, LADY EVELYN (_2 dau. of 2 Duke of Sutherland 1786–1861_). _b._ 2 Hamilton place, Piccadilly, London 8 Aug. 1825. (_m._ 4 Oct. 1843 Charles Stuart, 12 Baron Blantyre who was _b._ 21 Dec. 1818). _d._ Nice 24 Nov. 1869. _Sir. H. Nicolas’s Court of Queen Victoria_ (1845) 13–18, _portrait_; _Illust. News of the world ix_, (1862), _portrait_. BLASIS, CARLO (_son of Francesco Antonio Blasis of Naples, ballet composer_). _b._ Naples 4 Dec. 1803; a principal dancer at Marseilles, Bordeaux, Paris and Milan 1816–26; dancer and ballet composer at the King’s theatre London 1826; finishing master of the Imperial Academy of dancing at Milan 1 Dec. 1837; ballet composer at Royal Italian opera Covent Garden 1846; composed the Spanish dances which were performed at the public breakfasts given by the Duchess of St. Albans; wrote more than 50 ballets; wrote the chapters upon private dancing in _The young lady’s book_ 1828–29; author of _The code of Terpsichore_ 1830. _d._ Cernolio near lake of Como Jany. 1878. _Notes upon dancing by C. Blasis_ (1847) 36–148, _portrait_. BLAXLAND, GREGORY. _b._ Kent 1771; emigrated to Sydney 1806; crossed the Blue Mountains with W. C. Wentworth May 1813 after several unsuccessful attempts had been made to do so; introduced cultivation of oaten hay into colony of New South Wales. _d._ 3 Jany. 1853. BLAYNEY, CADWALLADER DAVIS BLAYNEY, 12 Baron. _b._ Dover st. Piccadilly, London 19 Dec. 1802; M.P. for Monaghan 18 Aug. 1830 to 8 April 1834, when he succeeded; an Irish representative peer 12 June 1841 to death. _d._ 18 Jany. 1874. BLECKLEY, THOMAS MACDOUGALL (_son of Rev. John Bleckley_). _b._ 13 Dec. 1828; assistant surgeon in the army 6 Jany. 1854; surgeon major 1 March 1873 to 24 Jany. 1880; C.B. 31 March 1874. _d._ Lorne house, Central hill, Upper Norwood 23 Nov. 1882. BLEECK, ARTHUR HENRY. _b._ about 1829; employed in the British Museum; held a post in connection with the land transport corps at Sinope during Crimean war; author with W. B. Barker of _A practical grammar of the Turkish language_ 1854; author of _A concise grammar of the Persian language_ 1857; _Catalogue of the Napoleon library in the possession of Mr. Joshua Bates privately printed_ 1858; _Avesta, the religious books of the Parsees, from Spiegel’s German translation of the original manuscripts 3 vols._ 1864. _d._ 56 Bevington road, Kensington 27 Jany. 1877 aged 47.