Richard Blacow
Richard Blacow MA was a Canon of Windsor from 1754 to 1760.
Career
He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and graduated BA in 1744, MA in 1747.He was ordained deacon in Rochester on 24 September 1749.
He was appointed:
- Fellow of the Royal Society 1754 - 1760
- Rector of Hartley Westpall 1757 - 1760
In 1755 he wrote a letter to William King, principal of St Mary Hall in Oxford, giving an account of the riot in Oxford in February 1747 and accusing William King of being responsible for it. Blacow had been in Oxford at the time of the riot, and brought the three ringleaders to the Vice-Chancellor for punishment.