Nehemiah Blakiston was Governor of the
Maryland colony
The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland ...
from 1691 to 1692. He became Governor as the
2nd Leader of the Protestant Associators., succeeding
John Coode, who has taken control of the colony, following the 1688
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...
, in England. Blakiston was succeeded by the first Governor with an official royal appointment,
Lionel Copley
Sir Lionel Copley (1648 – September 12, 1693) was the 1st Royal Governor of Maryland from 1692 through his death in 1693. He was the first official royal governor appointed by the British crown after the colony was removed from the propriet ...
. He was related to
Nathaniel Blakiston
Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston was the 8th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1698 to 1702. He succeeded Francis Nicholson and was succeeded by Thomas Tench. He was related to Nehemiah Blakiston.
Military career
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English emigrants
Colonial Governors of Maryland
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