Introduction

Biography

Charles was the son of Hen­ry Blayds, some time vi­car of South Stoke, Ox­ford­shire (who took the name of Cal­ver­ley in 1852).

Charles en­tered Har­row School in 1846, then passed to Ox­ford, but com­ing un­der the cen­sure of the au­tho­ri­ties, he moved to Cam­bridge in 1852.

After gain­ing some of the best class­ic­al priz­es of that Uni­ver­si­ty, he gra­du­at­ed first class in Clas­si­cal hono­rs.

In due course he was called to the Bar and fol­lowed the North­ern cir­cuit. He is known to hym­no­dy through sev­er­al trans­la­tions from the La­tin, which he made for the Hym­na­ry in 1871, and were pub­lished ther­ein in 1872.