George Henry Blagrove was born in St. Pancras, Middlesex [now London], England on 25 July 1851 and was articled to Robert William Edis (1839-1927) in London, England from 1867 to 1870. He also attended the Architectural Association Schools in London. He then worked as an assistant to Sir Horace Jones (1819-1887); to Lewis Henry Isaacs (1829?-1908) and Henry Louis Florence (1843-1916) of Isaacs & Florence; and to Thomas Henry Watson (1839-1913) from 1899. Blagrove was Deputy District Surveyor for St. George's Hanover Square, London under Watson and succeeded him as Surveyor in 1913.
Blagrove was awarded the Tite Prize in 1872, the Grissell Medal in 1879 and the RIBA Silver Medal in 1880 and 1891 and was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1911. He was at one time Editor of Building & Engineering Times, and was the author of "Marble Decoration" (1888), "Dangerous Structures" (1892), "Shoring and its Application" (1897), and numerous articles to technical and scientific Journals. He died in Fulham, Middlesex on 6 July 1928.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001