Blakiston

Blakiston may refer to:

in the peerages of England and Great Britain:

• The Blakiston Baronets
  • Blakiston Baronets, of the manor of Blakiston, Norton, Durham, 1 holder, Sir Thomas Blakiston (1582–1630)
  • Blakiston Baronets, of Gibside, Durham, 3 holders, from 1642
  • Blakiston Baronets, of London, 9 holders, from 1763 until 1716
    • Matthew Blakiston (1702–1774), 1st baronet of London

other people:

• Caroline Blakiston (1933-), English actress
• Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (1862–1942), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
• Jarred Blakiston (1991-), New Zealand actor
• John Blakiston (1603–1649), English MP and coal merchant
• John Lionel Blakiston (1867–1896), English-born telegraph clerk, killed during the Mashona rebellion in what is now Zimbabwe
• John Blakiston-Houston (1829-1920), Irish MP
• Nathaniel Blakiston, Royal Governor of the Maryland colony from 1698 to 1702
• Nehemiah Blakiston, Royal Governor of the Maryland colony from 1691 to 1692
• Bob Blakiston (1855-1918), American Major League Baseball outfielder
• Thomas Blakiston (1832-1891), English explorer and naturalist

in places

• Blakiston, South Australia, a small town in South Australia, Australia
• Blakistons, a transport and warehousing company of Victoria, Australia

See also

• Blakiston's Fish Owl, a species of owl, Bubo blakistoni, named after Thomas Blakiston (1832-1891)
• Blakistone Island Light, a lighthouse in Maryland, United States
• Mount Blakiston, Alberta, Canada, named after Thomas Blakiston (1832-1891)