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Revision as of 13:32, 25 May 2012
Sir Arthur Frederick Blakiston, 7th Baronet , MC (b West Derby 16 June 1892 [1] – d Salisbury 31 January 1974[2]) was a rugby union international [3] forward |wing [4]who represented England twelve times between 1920 and 1925, and the British Lions in all four test matches during their 1924 tour of South Africa. Janion was educated at Bedford School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He served in the Great War as an officer[5] in the Royal Field Artillery[6] and was awarded the Military Cross.[7] He played for Northampton, Liverpool, Blackheath and the Barbarians. A farmer, he was Master of the South Shropshire Foxhounds.[8]
References
- ^ thePeerage.com
- ^ Deaths The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 02, 1974; pg. 24; Issue 59004
- ^ “Centenary History of the Rugby Union” McWhirter, R/ Titley, U.A: Trowbridge, Redwood press, 1970
- ^ ESPNscrum.com
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ WW1 talk
- ^ Edinburgh Gazette
- ^ Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Feb 05, 1974; pg. 14
- Sir Charles Edward Blakiston, 6th Baronet (1862–1941)
- Sir Arthur Norman Hunter Blakiston, 8th Baronet (1899–1977)
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- 1892 births
- People from West Derby
- People educated at Bedford School
- Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- Royal Field Artillery officers
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- England international rugby union players
- British and Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
- 1974 deaths
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