After education from 1840 to 1841 at
Tonbridge School and from 1841 to 1848 at
Rugby School, G. Fielding Blandford matriculated in 1848 at
Wadham College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1852 and MA in 1857. In October 1852 he began the study of medicine at
St George's Hospital, London, graduating
BM (Oxon.) in 1857. In 1857 he also qualified
LSA. He qualified
MRCS in 1858 and MRCP in 1860. Sutherland was the owner of Blacklands House, a London private asylum for gentlemen. Blandford was from 1859 to 1863 resident medical officer at Blacklands House and then in 1863 resigned his appointment to go into private consulting practice. and rapidly became large with an excellent reputation. In 1909 he retired from his London practice to live at Tunbridge Wells. He was a leading authority on legislation dealing with mental illness. His book
Insanity and its Treatment maintained an international reputation for twenty years. He was a member of the
Athenaeum Club, London. ==Family==