William Blackstone
 For other William Blackstones see William Blackstone (disambiguation).Sir William Blackstone KC SL (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century. He is most noted for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England. Born into a middle-class family in London Blackstone was educated at Charterhouse School before matriculating at Pembroke College Oxford in 1738.