Search Results | Persons

• Blackie, John Stuart (1809–95), classical and Scottish Gaelic scholar.
• Blackwell, Anna (1816–1900), poet, translator, and journalist.
• Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821–1910), physician.
• Blackwood, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple- (1826–1902), 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, diplomat. In AB-4, AB-5.
• Blackwood, Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple- (née Rowan-Hamilton, 1843–1936), Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, wife of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1826–1902), 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.
• Blackwood, John (1818–79), publisher and journal editor.
• Blagden, Isa (1816?–73), novelist, poet, and close friend of the Brownings. In AB-3, AB-4, AB-5. See biographical sketch.
• Blanc, Charles Louis (1811–82), French socialist, journalist, historian, and author.
• Blanchard, Samuel Laman (1803–45), author and journalist. In AB-2.
• Blaze de Bury, Marie (née Stuart, 1813–94), Baroness, Scottish-born novelist and wife of Baron Henri Blaze de Bury. In AB-3, AB-4.
• Blessington, Countess of, see Gardiner, Marguerite.
• Bloomfield, Charles James (1786–1857), British divine and a Church of England bishop.
• Blundell, Bezer (1808–90), solicitor and member of the “Colloquials,” RB’s set of youthful friends. In AB-2.
• Bodichon, Barbara Leigh (née Smith, 1827–91), artist and women’s activist.
• Bolingbroke, Lady, see St. John, Isabella Charlotte Antoinette Sophia.
• Bonaparte, Charles Louis Napoleon (1808–73), Napoleon III, proclaimed emperor.
• Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1803–57), 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano, French biologist and ornithologist.
• Bonaparte, Joseph Charles Paul (1822–91), also known as Jerome Napoléon, Prince Napoléon, and “Plon-Plon,” was first cousin of Napoléon III.
• Bonaparte, Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph (1856–79), the Prince Imperial.
• Bonham Carter, see Carter, Bonham.
• Bonheur, Marie-Rosalie (“Rosa”), (1822–99), French realist painter. In AB-3, AB-4.
• Bonser, Elizabeth (“Betsy”), (afterwards Hingson, 1828–72), became lady’s maid to EBB’s sisters, Henrietta and Arabel after EBB’s marriage.
• Booth, James (1796–1880), barrister and co-executor with Robert Hawthorn (1791–1869) of John Kenyon’s estate.
• Bordman, Eleanor Page (afterwards Jago, 1814–78), early friend of EBB. In AB-4, AB-5.
• Boswell, James (1740–95), lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson.