BLOMEFIELD LINEAGE Burkes Peerage & Baronetage 1871
I THOMAS BLOMEFIELD, Esq. (only son of the Rev. Thomas BLOMEFIELD, A.M. (?M.A.?) rector of Hartley and Chalk both in Kent, by his 2nd wife Mary, dau of John Matthews, and widow of William BRANCH, Esq.), was created a baronet 14 Nov 1807, on his return from Copenhagen in that year, where he commanded the Artillery, with the rank of major-general. Sir Thomas m. Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of the Rt Hon. Sir John-Eardley Wilmot, Knt. chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, by whom he had an only son, THOMAS-WILLIAM. He d. 24 Aug 1822, and was s. by his son,
II SIR THOMAS WILLIAM who was b. 24 March 1791: and m. 11 Nov. 1819, Salome, dau. of Samuel Kekewich, of Peamore, Devon, Esq., and had issue by her, who d. 22 Jan 1862.
I. THOMAS-EARDLEY-WILMOT, present Bart (in 1871, not 1998!)
II William, b. 19 Feb. 1822, d. 14 April 1829
III Samuel-Edward, BaB., in holy orders, vicar of North Somercotes, co.
Lincoln, b. 22 April 1823; m. 23 April 1850, Jean-Abigail, youngest
dau. of John Macwhirter; M.D. and has issue,
1 Allan-Macwhirter-Newnham, b. 19 Feb 1851
2 Edward, b. 4 July 1852
IV John, M.A., in holy orders, incumbent of St. George’s, Leeds.
b. 27 Oct. 1824; m. 3 April 1850, Sophia Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of the
Rev. J-D’Arcy Preston, of Askham Bryan, co. York and has a son,
1 John D’Arcy, b. 13 May, 1851
V Robert-Allan, B.A. in holy orders, b. 22 March 1826;
m. 25 April, 1851, Georgiana, 4th dau. of George Pinchin, Esq.,
of Hatt House, Wilts.
VI Charles-David, in holy orders, b. 13 April 1836
I Salome, m. 19 Sept. 1850 the Rev. Reginald-Guy Bryan, M.A. incumbent
of Fosbury, Wilts, late vice-principal of Malta Protestant College, 3rd son
of the Rev. Guy Bryan, rector of Woodham Walter, Essex.
II Elizabeth-Mary.
BLOMEFIELD, SIR THOMAS-EARDLEY-WILMOT, of Attleborough, co. Norfolk, in holy orders, incumbent of All Saints’, Pontefract; b. 3 Aug. 1820; m. 1st, 2 Jan. 1844, Georgiana-Louisa, 3rd dau. of General Sir Peregrine Maitland, G.C.B., Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and by her (who d. 5 Jan. 1852) has had issue.
I. THOMAS-WILMOT-PEREGRINE, b. 31 Dec 1848, lieut. 1st York rifle regt. of militia.
II. Charles-Edward, d. an infant 1852
I. Caroline-Sarah.
II. Louisa-Charlotte-Emily, m. 11 April, 1866, to Capt. Theodosius Stuart Russell.
III. Georgina-Salome, m. 28 June 1870, to Loftus-Henry Martin, Esq., late 69th regt.He m. 2ndly, 19 Oct. 1853, Fanny, eldest dau. of the Rev. John-D’Arcy Preston, of Askham Bryan Hall, York, and has had issue by her,
I. D’Arcy-William, b. 31 July 1854, d. 13 Dec 1859
II. Henry-Eardley-Edward, d. an infant. 1857
III. Malcolm, b. 1 June 1858
IV. Arthur-Hugh, b. 1 Dec. 1862
V. a son b. 24 Feb 1865
I. Laura-Elizabeth.
II. Charlotte-Isabella, d. 1857
III. Margaret-Edith.He s. his father as 3rd bart., 30 June, 1858
Lineage
Sir Thomas d. 30 Jun 1858, and was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS-EARDLEY-WILMOT, the present baronet.
Creation - 14 Nov. 1807.
Arms - Sa., on a chev., arg., a branch of laurel between two bomb shells, fired, ppr.; and a canton, or a spear-head, embrued, ppr.
Crest - Issuant from a mural crown, arg., a demi-heraldic tiger, az., armed and tufted, or collared, arg., and holding a sword, broken in the middle, ppr.
Residence - All Saints Vicarage, Pontfract, Yorkshire
General Sir Thomas Blomefield, Bt, R.A. Copied from Sketch in "The National Biography."
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Capt-Lt Blomefield mentioned commanding Center Division of Artillery in Burgoyne's Army, Canada
Mentioned in list of Burgoyne's captive officers after Saratoga
Blomefield, Inspector of Artillery at £360 p.a., 1780
Blomefield guns on board HMS Victory
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