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Excerpt from Some Records of the Life of Stevenson Arthur Blackwood, K. C. B Johnstone Blackwood and Cecilia Georgiana, widow of Mr. John Wright, of Lenton Hall, N otts. He was born on the 22nd May, 1832, at Rosslyn Lodge, Hampstead, where his Father, who was Gentleman Usher to William IV., and subsequently to Her Majesty the Queen, and who held an appointment in the Colonial Office, was then living. The family was of Scotch extraction. One branch, now extinct in the male line, migrated to France. Of this branch was the celebrated Adam Blackwood, Privy Councillor to Mary, Queen of Scots. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more ...