Joseph Henry Blake, 1st Baron Wallscourt (5 October 1765 – 28 March 1803), was an Irish

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. Blake was the eldest son of Joseph Blake and Honoria Daly, daughter of Dermot Daly.thepeerage.com Joseph Henry Blake, 1st Baron Wallscourt
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for

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in 1790, a seat he held until 1800, when the Irish Parliament was abolished. In the latter year he was elevated to the

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as Baron Wallscourt, of Ardfry in the County of Galway, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the heirs male of the body of his father Joseph Blake. Lord Wallscourt married Lady Louisa Catherine Mary Bermingham, daughter of

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and his second wife, Margaret Daly, in 1784. They had one daughter, the Honourable Anastasia Blake, who married Luke Dillon, 2nd

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. Wallscourt died in March 1803, aged 37. As his father was then still alive the barony was temporarily suspended. After his father's death, in 1806, Wallscourt's nephew Joseph Henry Blake, son of Captain Ignatius Blake and Helen Cashel, was allowed to succeed in the title. Lady Wallscourt married as her second husband James Daly in 1804. She died in May 1827, aged 62.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallscourt, Joseph Blake, 1st Baron 1765 births 1803 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by George III Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Galway constituencies