A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Blandford, James
BLANDFORD. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 9; h-p., 33.)
James Blandford (b) entered the Navy, 18 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, in which ship he continued to serve until Nov. 1811, under Capts. Robt. Moorsom, Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Sir John Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget, and the flag of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. During that period he took part, and officiated as aide-de-camp to Capt. Moorsom, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805; witnessed, with Sir John Gore, the capture, by a squadron under Sir Samuel Hood, of four French frigates off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806; assisted, in the summer of 1809, in fitting out at Sheerness the gun-boats intended to accompany the expedition to the Scheldt, where he was throughout employed on detached service; and, in 1810-11, cooperated, under Rear-Admiral Legge, in the defence of Cadiz. Mr. Blandford, who attained the rank of Lieutenant on 16 Dec. in the latter year, was subsequently appointed – in Feb. 1812, to the Stately 64, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, also at Cadiz – 12 April, 1813, to the Impétueux 74, Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, off Lisbon – and, 31 March, 1814, to the Archer 12, on the coast of France, whence he invalided in Aug. following. He has since been on half-pay.
He married 29 Aug. 1819, and has issue two children. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.