Henry Blatch

Henry Blatch was a trustee and executor of Charles White Williams and also his brother-in-law.

1. In 1841 Henry Blatch surgeon was living at Charlotte Street Marylebone with Martha Blatch aged 65 and Harriet Blatch aged 30 Professor of Music. The household also appears to have included Sophia White aged 25 independent. In 1851 Henry Blatch MRCS retired General Practioner, Martha Blatch wife and Harriet Blatch daughter were living at 22 River Street Clerkenwell.

2. Marriage of Henry Blatch and Martha White 05/02/1802 St Mary Lambeth; Henry Blatch of 22 River Street was buried at St James, St Pancras 21/08/1855 aged 77.

3. Will of Charles White Williams of St Pancras Middlesex proved 20/03/1832. In it, he names his executors as his eldest daughter Harriet Williams and his friends William Morrice of St Mary Axe and Henry Blatch of Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square surgeon. He leaves £200 to his sister Martha Blatch and £20 to each of her daughters Martha and Harriet.

4. Will of Henry Blatch, Surgeon of Clerkenwell, Middlesex proved 20/09/1855.

T71/867 St Thomas-in-the-East claim no. 481.

1. 1841 and 1851 censuses online. The 1851 entry also describes him as Secretary to the Court of [illegible].

2. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].

3. PROB 11/1798.

4. PROB 11/2219/305.

We are grateful to Ian Brindle for his assistance in compiling this entry.