at the West Terrace Cemetery, attended by a great number of mourners and well-wishers from the racing fraternity, in stark contrast to that accorded his almost exact contemporary, Dr. Robert Peel. Publications Catalogue of the Fulham thoroughbred colts & fillies by the imported sires Countryman and Winterlake by order of William Blackler, Esq., third annual sale at Formby & Boase's Bazaar, Currie Street, Adelaide, Friday, May 26, 1882, at two o'clock Ferry, Moore, & Wilkinson, auctioneers, &c. (1882) Held by State Library of South Australia Family Richard Blackler (c. 1791 – 30 January 1876) married to Elizabeth Blackler née Parker ( –1851). He married again, to Mary Ford ( – ) in 1853 Ellen Blackler (c. 1819 – 7 February 1914) married Henry Carwithen Ford (c. 1819 – 12 April 1885) in 1851, ran the Royal Arms Hotel, Port Adelaide Amelia Blackler (c. 1823 – 24 May 1844) John Blackler (c. 1823 – 7 September 1853) William Blackler (15 February 1827 – 26 June 1896) married Mary Harriet Walker (31 August 1842 – 29 June 1877) on 19 May 1859. Blackler may have married again, but no further information. His children included: Harriet Amelia Blackler (1860 – 10 February 1897) married jockey Tom Hales (1847 – 26 October 1901) on 24 August 1887; they lived in Melbourne William Allen Blackler (1862 – 24 October 1932) married Helene Seamond ( – 1948) in 1897 Clarence William Blackler (1898–1982) married Doreen Sobels (1902–1987) in 1930 Edna Helene "Tish" Blackler (1900–1991) married Dudley Cotton Cox (1898–1956) in 1922 Ellen Elizabeth Blackler (16 June 1869 – ) married Henry Crozier (c. 1868 – ) on 27 May 1896 Harriet Marion Crozier (10 March 1897 – ) Richard Blackler (c. 1829 – 7 February 1899) married Sarah Davies (1836 – 27 December 1885) in 1859. He ran the Port Admiral Hotel. References 1827 births 1896 deaths Australian racehorse owners and breeders 19th-century Australian businesspeople