Henry Gamble Blagrove (20 October 1811, Nottingham[1] - 15 December 1872, London[2]) was a celebrated English violinist.

[3] In 1821 he studied with Spagnoletti, and two years later, on the opening of the Royal Academy of Music, he entered that institution, where he became the pupil of Dr. Crotch and F. Cramer.

In 1824 Blagrove was awarded a silver medal for his violin-playing, and in 1830 he received the appointment of solo-violinist in the royal private band, a post he held until 1837.

Queen Adelaide took great interest in his career, and at her wish he went, in 1832, to Cassel, where he spent two years studying with Spohr.

In 1836 he founded the Quartett Concerts in the Hanover Square Rooms, with Joseph Dando, Henry Gattie, Charles Lucas and William Sterndale Bennett and they persisted into the Victorian era, spreading chamber music as a taste.