Sir Francis Blake, 3rd Baronet (c. 1774 – 10 September 1860) was a landowner, politician and baronet of Northumberland, England.
Background
Born at Heston, he was the son of Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet and his wife, the daughter of Alexander Douglas. In 1818, he succeeded his father as baronet.
Career
Blake was commissioned a captain in the Northumberland Militia in 1794 and was appointed colonel of the Northumberland Fencibles in 1795. He entered the British House of Commons in 1820, sitting as a member of parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed until 1826. A year later, he was re-elected for the constituency, representing it until 1834. Blake owned estates at Twizell Castle, Tillmouth House, Seghill and Duddo, which he sold for £45000 in 1823.
Death and legacy
He married Jane, daughter of William Neale, in 1827 but had no legitimate children, and the baronetcy became extinct upon his death. His illegitimate son Frederick Blake (1835–1909) suffered severe sunstroke while serving as an army officer and was confined to a mental asylum in 1873. His father granted him a life interest in property at Seghill and also bequeathed Helen, the widow of his brother Robert Dudley Blake (1776–1860). Blake's principal beneficiary was Captain Francis Blake (1832–1861), whose son Francis Douglas Blake was created a baronet in his own right in 1907. The family repurchased Seghill Park from the Treasury Solicitor following the intestacy of Helen Blake.
References
- ^ Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 120.
External links
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byHenry St Paul Viscount Ossulston |
Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1820–1826 With: Viscount Ossulston 1820–1823 Sir John Beresford 1823–1826 |
Succeeded byJohn Gladstone Marcus Beresford |
| Preceded byJohn Gladstone Marcus Beresford |
Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1827–1835 With: Marcus Beresford 1827–1832 Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin 1832–1835 |
Succeeded byJames Bradshaw Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded byFrancis Blake | Baronet (of Twizell Castle) 1818–1860 |
Extinct |
- 1770s births
- 1860 deaths
- British Militia officers
- British Fencibles officers
- Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1820–1826
- UK MPs 1826–1830
- UK MPs 1830–1831
- UK MPs 1831–1832
- UK MPs 1832–1835