Thomas Blomefield [SEP] conflict
Thomas Blomefield
General Sir Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet (16 June 1744 – 24 August 1822) of Attleborough, Norfolk, was colonel-commandant royal artillery, to whose untiring labours as Inspector of Artillery and Superintendent of the Royal Foundries that the progress of the British artillery during the Napoleonic Wars was largely due.
Life.
He was the son of Reverend Thomas Blomefield and Mary Matthews. When he was 11 years old his father sent Thomas to sea on HMS "Cambridge" under Sir Peircy Brett, who was
Sir Charles Blomefield, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1984. Sir Charles was a fine art specialist at Christie's.
Blomefield baronets, of Attleborough (1807).
- Sir Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet (1744–1822)
- Sir Thomas William Blomefield, 2nd Baronet (1791–1858)
- Sir Thomas Eardley Wilmot Blomefield, 3rd Baronet (1820–1878)
- Sir Thomas Wilmot Peregrine Blomefield, CB, 4th Baronet (1848–1928)
- Sir Thomas Edward Peregrine Blomefield, 5th Baronet (1907–1984)
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