Blakiston Hall
Blakiston may refer to: * Blakiston (surname) *Blakiston baronets *Blakiston, South Australia, a small town in South Australia, Australia *Mount Blakiston, Alberta, Canada, named after Thomas Blakiston (1832-1891) *Blakiston, an American medical publisher, later acquired by McGraw-Hill See also *Blakistons Blakistons is a road transport and warehousing company founded in Geelong, Victoria, Australia in 1889. History The company supported many worthy causes in Geelong in the 1980s, providing funds towards a theatre at the Geelong Performing Arts ...

Blakiston (surname)
Blakiston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Blakiston, Arthur Frederick Blakiston (1892-1974), English Rugby Union player and First World War officer * Bob Blakiston (1855-1918), American Major League Baseball outfielder * Caroline Blakiston (1933-), English actress * Charles Blakiston (1825–1898), New Zealand politician * Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (1862–1942), President of Trinity College, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University * John Blakiston (1603–1649), English MP, coal merchant and one of the regicides of King Charles I * John Blakiston-Houston (1829-1920), Irish member of parliament * Matthew Blakiston (1702–1774), Lord Mayor of London, 1st Baronet of London * Nathaniel Blakiston (died 1722), Royal Governor of the Maryland colony from 1698 to 1702 * Nehemiah Blakiston, Royal Governor of the Maryland colony from 1691 to 1692 * Oswell Blakeston, pseudonym of Henry Joseph Hasslacher (1907–1985), writer, artist and poet * Thom ...
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Blakiston Baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Blakiston family of Blakiston, County Durham, two in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is extant as of 2008. The Blakiston Baronetcy, of the manor of Blakiston in the parish of Norton in the Bishopric of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of England on 27 May 1615 for Thomas Blakiston. He had no sons and consequently the title became extinct on his death in 1630. The Blakiston baronetcy, of Gibside in the Bishopric of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of England on 30 July 1642 for Sir Ralph Blakiston, son of Sir William Blakiston Kt. (1562–1641). Ralph was a third cousin of Sir Thomas (mentioned above). His son Sir William, the second Baronet, died childless in 1692 and was succeeded by his younger brother Sir Francis, the third Baronet. The baronetcy became extinct on the latter's death in 1713. The Blakiston Baronetcy, of the City of London, was created i ...
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Blakiston, South Australia
Blakiston is a town in the Australian state of South Australia. The town is located approximately south-east of the state capital of Adelaide, adjacent to the Princes Highway. Its postal code is 5250 – though it has no post office. Post is delivered to the neighbouring town of Littlehampton which shares the post code. The town and surrounding countryside make up around 16 square kilometres. At the 2016 census, the locality of Blakiston and some adjoining land in Littlehampton had a population of 381. Blakiston has been occupied by white settlers since 1846. The town was founded by Francis Davison and named for his ancestral home, Blakiston Hall in County Durham. Its main (only) landmarks include a roadside pub and stage house (currently a private house), a cheese factory converted to a private residence, St James Church (consecrated in 1846) and neighbouring rectory, a demolished school house and the large residence of Blakiston House as well as a smaller residence. Rumo ...
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Mount Blakiston
Mount Blakiston is a mountain in the southwestern corner of Alberta, Canada and the highest point within Waterton Lakes National Park. The mountain is situated in the Clark Range, north of Lineham Creek and south of Blakiston Creek. Blakiston's closest neighbours include Mount Hawkins directly to the west along a connecting ridge and Mount Lineham to the south. The mountain was named in 1858 for Thomas Blakiston, a member of the Palliser Expedition. The Lineham Creek hiking trail passes along the foot of the southern slopes of the mountain and for capable scramblers, Blakiston's rubbly but steep southern slopes provide a suitable line of ascent. An ascent in 1942 by J. Gibson and G. Williams found an unmarked cairn on the summit so the first ascent party is unknown. Geology Like other mountains in Waterton Lakes National Park, Mount Blakiston is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock ...
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McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw Hill is an American educational publishing company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that publishes educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. The company also publishes reference and trade publications for the medical, business, and engineering professions. McGraw Hill operates in 28 countries, has about 4,000 employees globally, and offers products and services to about 140 countries in about 60 languages. Formerly a division of The McGraw Hill Companies (later renamed McGraw Hill Financial, now S&P Global), McGraw Hill Education was divested and acquired by Apollo Global Management in March 2013 for $2.4 billion in cash. McGraw Hill was sold in 2021 to Platinum Equity for $4.5 billion. Corporate History McGraw Hill was founded in 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the ''American Journal of Railway Appliances''. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The ...
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