Blencowe was the son of Robert Willis Blencowe and Charlotte Elizabeth Poole. He married Frances Campion, daughter of William John Campion and Jane Austen, in 1857. Together they had eight children:

Robert Campion Blencowe (1858–1905)
John Ingham Blencowe (born 1860)
William Poole Blencowe (born 1869)
Florence Charlotte Blencowe(died 1944)
Harriet Blencowe
Frances Isabel Blencowe
Mary Blencowe
Elizabeth Penelope Blencowe

Political career

He was elected MP for Lewes at a by-election in 1860 but stood down at the next election in 1865.

Other activities

Blencowe was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex.

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