John Blakeney (c. 1729 – 25 July 1789) was an Irish

soldier A soldier is a person who is a member of an army. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer. Etymology The word ''soldier'' derives from the Middle English word , from Old French ...

. He was son of John Blakeney and Grace Perrse, grandson of Robert Blakeney, brother of Robert Blakeney,

Theophilus Blakeney Theophilus Blakeney (c. 1730 – 22 September 1813) was an Irish politician. He was born the son of MP John Blakeney and his wife Grace Persse of Roxborough House, County Galway, and was a brother of Robert, John and William Blakeney. He ser ...

and William Blakeney, and uncle of John Blakeney and

Edward Blakeney Field Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney (26 March 1778 – 2 August 1868) was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer with the expedition to Dutch Guiana and being taken prisoner by privateers three times suffering great hardship, ...

. As a soldier John Blakeney fought in the

Battle of Culloden The Battle of Culloden (; gd, Blàr Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under Prince Wi ...

, the Battle of Matinico and the

siege of Havana The siege of Havana was a successful British siege against Spanish-ruled Havana that lasted from March to August 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War. After Spain abandoned its former policy of neutrality by signing the family compact with Fr ...

and reached the rank of Colonel. He represented

Athenry Athenry (; ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its 13th century street-plan. The town is also well known by virtu ...

in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

from 1763 to his death. He was

High Sheriff of County Galway The High Sheriff of County Galway was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Galway. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besi ...

for 1768. He died unmarried.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm * http://thepeerage.com/p27666.htm#i276657 1720s births 1789 deaths British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 High Sheriffs of County Galway Politicians from County Galway 27th Regiment of Foot officers British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Galway constituencies {{Ireland-mil-bio-stub