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Bladen (surname)
Bladen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * William Bladen (Alderman) (1585–1663), Anglo-Irish Bookseller/Printer and Mayor of Dublin * Thomas Bladen (Priest) (–1695), Anglo-Irish Priest and Bookseller/Printer of Dublin *Nathaniel Bladen (1642–1717), English lawyer - father of Colonel Martin and William Bladen *William Bladen (1672–1718), English lawyer - Attorney-General of Maryland (son of Nathaniel above) * Martin Bladen (1680–1746), Commissioner of the Board of Trade, Comptroller of the Mint (son of Nathaniel above) *Thomas Bladen (1698–1780), Governor of Maryland (son of William above) * Vincent Bladen (1900–1981), Canadian economist * Ronald Bladen (1918–1988), American painter and sculptor *Peter Bladen Peter Bladen, (1922–2001) was an Australian poet born at Perth. He was later educated at the University of Western Australia, and the University of Melbourne. He travelled extensively through Australia, working in the 1960s as a journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Bladen
Nathaniel Bladen (born 1642) was an English barrister who was Steward to the Earl of Danby for twenty years as Danby rose to be the most powerful politician of the day before he was engulfed in the Popish Plot and incarcerated in the Tower of London. Family Nathaniel was the grandson of Robert Bladen c1580-1647 who was Steward to Sir Francis Wortley and Robert resided, for some years, at Askwith close to Denton Hall, home of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron. In later life he worked in a similar capacity for Sir William Savile who, like Wortley, was a staunch Royalist supporter in the English Civil War. Nathaniel’s father John (only son of Robert) was a lawyer who was employed by the Fairfax family. During the Civil War he joined 3rd Lord Thomas Fairfax’s regiment as a Captain but, after joining the Defence Committee to protect Hull, he found himself accused by that same Committee of being a turncoat and assisting the enemy. He was required to pay a fine by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bladen
William Bladen (1672–1718) was an English-born Attorney-General in Maryland, in what is now the United States, and briefly Secretary of that Province. He was the father of Thomas Bladen, Governor of Maryland and was the brother of Colonel Martin Bladen, Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations. His nephew was Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Family William was baptised on 21 March 1672/3 at Steeton in Yorkshire. He was the eldest son of Nathaniel Bladen and Isabella Fairfax, daughter of Sir William Fairfax (soldier) of Steeton. His father was an attorney who worked as a Steward to Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds the Earl of Danby, then later he was Steward to the Countess of Plymouth and the Duchess of Buckingham. Through his mother William was related to Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Political appointments After studying to be a lawyer at the Inner Temple, William left England in the Spring of 1692 and went to Maryland. He arrived there with the new Gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Bladen
Colonel Martin Bladen (1680–1746) was a British politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1713 to 1727 and in the British House of Commons from 1715 to 1746. He was a Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations, a Privy Councillor in Ireland and Comptroller of the Mint. Family Martin was born in 1680 in Yorkshire and was the son of Nathaniel Bladen and Isabella Fairfax. His father was an attorney and Steward to Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (Lord Danby), his mother was the daughter of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton and was related to Lord Fairfax. Martin's older brother William Bladen was Attorney-General in Maryland and briefly Secretary of that Province and his nephew Thomas Bladen was Governor of Maryland in the 1740s. Martin's sister Elizabeth was the mother of Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke. Martin acted as guardian to Admiral Hawke and supported his career advancement in the navy. Military career After initial education in Yorkshire, Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bladen
Thomas Bladen (23 February 1698 – 2 February 1780) was a colonial governor in North America and politician who sat in the British House of Commons between 1727 and 1741. He served as the 19th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1742 to 1747. Early life Bladen was born in Maryland in 1698, the eldest son of William Bladen (1672–1718) of Annapolis, who came to Maryland in 1690, and his wife Anne Van Swearingen. Among his siblings was Anne Bladen (wife of Benjamin Tasker Sr., also a Governor of Maryland). Thomas was the grandson of Nathaniel Bladen (an attorney who was steward to Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds) and Isabella Fairfax (daughter of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton). He was the nephew of Colonel Martin Bladen, Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations. Bladen travelled early to England in 1712, where he was educated at Westminster School. He disposed of his Maryland property on his father's death in 1718. Political career Bladen was returned as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Bladen
Vincent Wheeler Bladen, (14 August 1900 – 26 November 1981) was a British-Canadian economist. Upon completing his degree at Balliol College, Oxford, Bladen began teaching at University of Toronto in September 1921, where he later served as a dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1959. In 1960, he was appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Automotive Industry which helped to create the Canadian-American Automotive Agreement. Bladen retired from teaching in 1969, but continued to give lectures. Bladen was the founding editor of the ''Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science''. Several editions of Bladen's ''An Introduction to Political Economy'' were published during his lifetime. In 1962, he edited ''Canadian Population and Northern Colonization''. In 1974, Bladen's book ''From Adam Smith to Maynard Keynes : the heritage of political economy'' was published. His memoirs, ''Bladen on Bladen'', were published in 1978. In 1976, Bladen was made an Officer of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Bladen
Ronald Bladen (July 13, 1918 – February 3, 1988) was a Canadian-born American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism, American Hard-Edge Painting, and sculptors such as Isamu Noguchi and David Smith. Bladen in turn had stimulating effect on a circle of younger artists including Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt and others, who repeatedly referred to him as one of the 'father figures' of Minimal Art. Early life Charles Ronald Wells Bladen was born on July 13, 1918, to Muriel Beatrice Tylecote and Kenneth Bladen, both British immigrants living in Vancouver, Canada. In 1922 the family moved to the Washington state before returning to Canada to live in Victoria, British Columbia in 1932. The artist displayed his love of art at a young age. At ten years old Bladen began drawing intensively, making copies of works by Titian, Picasso and Matisse. In 1937 the artist enrolled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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