Sir Arthur Frederick Blakiston, 7th Baronet, MC (d Salisbury ) was a rugby union international wing who represented England twelve times between 1920 and 1925, and the British Lions in all four test matches during their 1924 tour of South Africa.

Blakiston was educated at Bedford School, Trent College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He served in the Great War as an officer in the Royal Field Artillery and was awarded the Military Cross. He played for Northampton, Liverpool, Blackheath and the Barbarians. A farmer, he was Master of the South Shropshire Foxhounds.

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1892 births

1974 deaths

Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Barbarian F.C. players

Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain

Blackheath F.C. players

British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England

British Army personnel of World War I

England international rugby union players

English rugby union players

Liverpool St Helens F.C. players

Masters of foxhounds in England

Northampton Saints players

People educated at Bedford School

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People from West Derby

Recipients of the Military Cross

Royal Field Artillery officers

Rugby union players from Liverpool

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Arthur Blakiston