BLORE, EDWARD (_eld. son of Thomas Blore of Derby, topographer 1764–1818_). _b._ Derby 13 Sep. 1787; architect and artist; designed exterior of Abbotsford for Sir Walter Scott 1816; designed organ-screen and choir fittings of Peterborough cathedral; restored Glasgow cathedral and Merton college chapel; special architect to Wm. iv and Victoria; completed erection of Buckingham Palace for £100,000, 1837; architect at Westminster Abbey; declined honour of knighthood; F.S.A. 27 Nov. 1823; D.C.L. Oxford 1834; F.R.S. 10 June 1841; a founder of Royal Archæological Institute Dec. 1843; author of _The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great Britain_ 1825. _d._ 4 Manchester sq. London 4 Sep. 1879. _Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. viii_, 347–52 (1881); _I.L.N. lxxv_, 280 (1879), _portrait_. BLORE, REV. EDWARD WILLIAM (_elder son of the preceding_). _b._ London 24 Jany. 1828; ed. at Eton 1842–47, member of the cricket eleven; began residence at Trin. coll. Cam. Oct. 1847, scholar 1849, fellow Oct. 1853; in the Cambridge eleven 1848–51; 37 wrangler 1851, B.A. 1851; assistant tutor of his college 1857, tutor 1862, senior tutor 1868–75, senior dean 1860–66; prime mover in restoration of Trin. coll. chapel, only important building in England founded by Queen Mary. _d._ Trinity college, Cambridge 24 June 1885. _The little journal i_, 77–88 (1884). BLORE, ROBERT. Manufacturer of small porcelain biscuit figures in Bridge gate, Derby 1830; very clever in making pastes and glazes; an assistant at Mason’s factory at Lane Delph; superintended a pot-works at Middlesbrough until his death. _d._ about 1866. BLOUNT, SIR EDWARD, 8 Baronet. _b._ Mawley hall, Cleobury Mortimer, Salop 3 March 1795; succeeded 31 Oct. 1803; sheriff of Worcestershire 1835. _d._ Mawley hall 28 April 1881. BLOXAM, REV. ANDREW (_4 son of Rev. Richard Rouse Bloxam, assistant master of Rugby school 38 years who d. 28 March 1840_). _b._ Rugby 22 Sep. 1801; ed. at Rugby 1808–20 and Worcester coll. Ox., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; fellow of his college; naturalist on board the Blonde frigate (which conveyed bodies of King and Queen of Sandwich Islands to their native land) 1824–26; P.C. of Twycross, Leics. 1839–71; R. of Harborough Magna 1871 to death; wrote on conchology, ornithology and plants; author of _A guide to Bradgate park with natural history of Charnwood Forest_ 1829. _d._ Harborough Magna 2 Feb. 1878. _Midland Naturalist_, _April 1878 pp._ 88–90. NOTE.—A water-colour drawing by Turner in the National Gallery represents A. Bloxam and his five brothers attending the funeral of their uncle Sir T. Lawrence, R.A.