Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-HBoase, Frederic
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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H
Boase, Frederic
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BLOOMFIELD, JOHN ARTHUR DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD, 2 Baron (_eld. child of
Benjamin Bloomfield, 1 Baron Bloomfield 1768–1846_). _b._ 12 Nov.
1802; attaché at Vienna 16 Feb. 1818; envoy extraord. and min.
plenipo. at St. Petersburgh 3 April 1844, at Berlin 28 April 1851,
at Vienna 22 Nov. 1860 to 28 Oct. 1871 when he retired on a
pension; succeeded 15 Aug. 1846; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 1
March 1851, G.C.B. 3 Sep. 1858, P.C. 17 Dec. 1860; created Baron
Bloomfield of Ciamhaltha in the United Kingdom 7 Aug. 1871. (_m._
4 Sep. 1845 Georgiana 16 and youngest child of 1 Baron
Ravensworth, she was _b._ 13 April 1822). _d._ Ciamhaltha,
Newport, Tipperary 17 Aug. 1879. _Reminiscences of court and
diplomatic life by Georgiana Baroness Bloomfield ii_, 310 (1883),
_portrait_.
BLOOMFIELD, HENRY KEANE. Ensign 59 Foot 30 Sep. 1813; lieut. col. 11
Foot 27 June 1845 to 1 April 1859 when placed on h.p.; colonel 64
Foot 20 Jany. 1867 to death; L.G. 13 Aug. 1868. _d._ 108 Jermyn
st. Piccadilly, London 11 Feb. 1870 aged 72.
BLOOMFIELD, SIR JOHN (_son of Patrick Bloomfield of Sligo_). _b._
1793; ed. at Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 28 April 1810, colonel 28
Nov. 1854, colonel commandant 5 April 1866 to death; aide-de-camp
to the Queen 20 June 1854 to 25 Sep. 1859; inspector general of
artillery 1 May 1859 to 30 June 1864; general 26 Nov. 1876; K.C.B.
13 March 1867, G.C.B. 24 May 1873. _d._ 108 Jermyn st. London 1
Aug. 1880.
BLOOMFIELD, REV. SAMUEL THOMAS. Educ. at Sid. Sus. coll. Cam., B.A.
1808, M.A. 1811, D.D. 1829; V. of Bisbrooke, Rutland 1814 to
death; hon. canon of Peterborough cath. 1854 to death; granted
civil list pension of £200, 30 June 1846; author of _Recensio
synoptica annotationis sacræ, being a critical digest of the most
important annotations on the New Testament 8 vols._ 1826–28;
_Translation of Thucydides 3 vols._ 1829; _The Greek Testament
with English notes 2 vols._ 1832, _12 ed._ 1870; _A Greek and
English lexicon to the New Testament_ 1840, _2 ed._ 1845. _d._
Hone house, Wandsworth common near London 28 Sep. 1869 aged 85.
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