Sir Walter Blake, (bef. 1672–May 1748), 6th Bt., was a minor

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aristocrat and politician from

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Biography

Blake was the son of Sir Thomas Blake and Maria French. In October 1686, Walter Blake succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Blake of Menlough. During the

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, he was a captain in Colonel Dillon's Regiment of Foot of King James II's Irish Army. Blake was

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for Galway County in the

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of 1689. He was the first

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of distinction to join William of Orange's forces, where he raised and maintained a regiment at his own expense. Blake lived in

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. In 1687, he married Anne Kirwan, daughter of Sir John Kirwan. In 1706, he married Agnes Blake, daughter of John Blake. Blake died in May 1748 in Marlborough Street, Dublin. He was succeeded as Baronet Blake by his son, Thomas Blake.

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