BLACKBURN i8i P.C. 28 Nov. 1876. He resigned office in Dec. 1886, ceasing thereby for some months to be a member of the House of Lords, till by the Act of 1887 he and other Lords of Appeal were granted that privilege yor life. A Conservative. He d. unm., at his residence, Doonholm, near Alloway, CO. Ayr, 8 Jan. 1896, aged 82,(=') when his life Peerage became tAf//«c/. Will dat. 4 July 1875, pr. Jan. 1896 at Edinburgh, at ^139,965 personalty. Principal Residence. — Doonholm, co. Ayr. BLACKCASTLE i.e. "Windsor of Blackcastle," Viscountcy [I.] {Windior)^ cr. 1699, extinct 1758. BLACKMERE See" Strange " Barony by writ, 1308, under the 2nd Lord, who was sum. to Pari, as "Strange of Blackm ere," 1343 to 1349, and whose son-in- law was sum, as "Talbot of Blackmere," 1384 to 1387. BLACKMOOR i.e. " Wolmer of Blackmoor, co. Southampton," Viscountcy {Palmer)^ see " Selborne," Earldom of, cr. 1882. BLAGDON i.e. " Wensleydale of Blagdon and Blyth," both in Northumber- land, () Barony {Ridley), cr. 1900 with the Viscountcy of Ridley, which see. 1876) oi a fourth Lord of Appeal ; and accordingly (7) Hannen was, in Jan. 1891, added to the three Lords (Watson, Macnaghten, and Morris) then existing. Then followed (8) Bowen, in Sep. I 893, z'/iy Hannen resigned; (9) Russell, in May i^c)^,vice Bowen deceased; and (10) Davey, in Aug. 1894, vice Russell, who resigned on becoming L. Chief Justice; (11) Robertson, in 1899, Wte- Watson deceased; (12) Lind- ley, in 1899, vice Morris resigned; (13) Atkinson, in 1<)0$, vice Lindley resigned; (14) Collins, in 1907, v/cv Davey resigned; (15) Shaw, in 1909, wAv Robertson deceased; (16) Robson, in 1910, vice Collins resigned. The clause which granted the right to a seat in the House of Lords to these Peers, during their tenure of offi.ce was, in 1887, extended to the term of their life. The rank of the wives of these life Peers is (under the Act of their creation in 1876) the same as that of the wife of an hereditary Baron, but their children had, for 21 years later, no precedence. This, however, was altered by Royal warrant in 1897, when such children were given precedence next under those of an hereditary Baron, and above that of a Baronet. if) He was for 8 years joint editor of the Reports in the Court of Queen's Bench ; was author of a work on Sales, and had a large practice in heavy commercial cases at Liverpool and elsewhere, till raised, in 1859, to the Bench. C") It is presumed that the territorial designation "of Blagdon and Blyth" applies to the Viscountcy of Ridley, as well as to the Barony of Wensleydale, after which it is placed, for the creation of a Viscountcy without any territorial designation would be anomalous.
