Captain Francis Blake Delaval (27 December 1692 – 9 December 1752) was a

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officer and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Edward Delaval (related to the

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) and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Blake of

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(related to the

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). He inherited

Seaton Delaval Hall Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England, near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral George ...

from his uncle Admiral

George Delaval Vice-Admiral George Delaval (''c.'' 1667 – 22 June 1723), of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, was a Royal Navy officer, diplomat and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1723. Family Delaval was of a junior branch of th ...

, and

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from his mother's family. He represented

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in Parliament from 1716 to 1722. In August 1724 he married Rhoda Apreece, heiress of

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; they had eleven children. He was father of Sir Francis Blake Delaval,

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, and

Edward Hussey Delaval Edward Hussey Delaval (born 1729; died 14 August 1814 in Westminster) was a British scholar and natural philosopher. Life He was the third son of Francis Blake Delaval and his wife Rhoda Apreece. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge ...

. His daughter

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married Sir Edward Astley of

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; through her Seaton Delaval passed to the Astley family (later

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) through her son Jacob. Another daughter Anne married William Stanhope, MP. A third daughter, Sarah, married

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. On 9 December 1752, Captain Delaval fell down the steps of the South Portico of Seaton Delaval Hall, and died of his injuries.Askham, Francis. ''The Gay Delavals'', p. 67. His uncle,

, from whom he inherited the Hall, also died from a fall on the estate; he fell from his horse.

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