BLOCHMANN, HENRY. _b._ Dresden 7 Jany. 1838; landed at Calcutta Sep. 1858; professor of mathematics at the Doveton college Calcutta 1862–65; M.A. Calcutta Univ. 1865; assistant professor of the Calcutta Madrassa 1865, principal 1875 to death; member of Asiatic Society of Bengal 6 April 1864, sec. 1868 to death; author of _The Prosody of the Persians_ 1872; _School geography of India_ 1873; _English and Urdu school dictionary Romanized_, _8 ed._ 1877; _The first geography, 17 ed._ 1879. _d._ Calcutta 13 July 1878. _Proc. of Asiatic Society of Bengal_ (1878) 164–67. BLOCKLEY, JOHN. _b._ 1801; Music publisher at 3 Argyll st. Regent st. London; composed many ballads, several of which were very popular namely the duet _List tis music stealing_ and the songs _Love not_ and _The Englishman_. _d._ 6 Park road, Haverstock hill, London 24 Dec. 1882. BLOIS, SIR CHARLES, 7 Baronet. _b._ Sway, Hants. 1794; lieut. col. East Suffolk militia 1844 to 1853; succeeded 20 Aug. 1850. _d._ Cockfield hall, Suffolk 12 June 1855. BLOMEFIELD, REV. SIR THOMAS EARDLEY WILMOT, 3 Baronet. _b._ Peamore near Exeter 3 Aug. 1820; succeeded 30 June 1858, V. of All Saint’s Pontefract 1859–72; master of Archbishop Holgate’s hospital near Hemsworth 1872 to death. _d._ Holgate lodge, Pontefract 21 Nov. 1878. BLOMEFIELD, SIR THOMAS WILLIAM, 2 Baronet. _b._ Arlington st. Piccadilly, London 24 March 1791; succeeded 24 Aug. 1822. _d._ Egremont lodge, Brighton 30 June 1858.