John Blagrave (1630 – March 1704) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1685. Blagrave was the son of Anthony Blagrave of Bulmershe Court at Earley in

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and his wife Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Dolman of Shaw House in the same county. The Blagraves were a branch of that family of

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, Berkshire. He was baptised in the parish church at

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on 12 August 1630. He was educated at

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being awarded BA in 1651 and MA in 1653. He was a Fellow of St John's and was later at Middle Temple in 1655.History of Parliament Online - Blagrave, John
/ref> In 1660, Blagrave was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Reading in the Convention Parliament, but did not stand in 1661. He was re-elected MP for Reading in 1679 and sat until 1685. He was a major in the Royal Berkshire Militia and was arrested at the time of Monmouth's invasion in 1685. Blagrave married Hester, daughter of merchant William Gore, of

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in Somerset and Morden in

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. They had seven children, including

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who was also MP for Reading.Burke's Landed Gentry, 17th edition, edited by L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1952, pages 200-201 Blagrave died at the age of 73 and was buried in the family vault in Sonning Church on 9 March 1704.

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1630 births 1704 deaths People from Reading, Berkshire People from Earley Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Reading Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple English MPs 1660 English MPs 1679 Military personnel from Berkshire English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1681 {{17thC-England-MP-stub