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Sir Patrick Blake, 1st Baronet (c. 1742–1784) was a British politician who sat in the

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between the year 1768 and 1784 Blake was the eldest son of Andrew Blake of

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and

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and his wife Marcella French of Ireland. He succeeded to the considerable property of his grandfather Patrick Blake of St. Kitts in 1745 but later was left only a shilling by his father. He was educated at

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from the year 1758 to 1760 and was admitted at St. John’s College, Cambridge on 18 August 1760, aged 18. He married Annabella Bunbury, daughter of Rev. Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet on 14 April 1762. In

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, Blake was returned in a contest as Member of Parliament for Sudbury. He was created

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on 8 October 1772. He was defeated at the 1774 general election but was returned for Sudbury on petition on 22 March 1775. In 1776, his wife Annabelle quit the marriage for France with George Boscawen and the Blakes became divorced in 1778.Trials for Adultery, Or, The History of Divorces: Being Select Trials at Doctors Commons, for Adultery, Fornication, Cruelty, Impotence, &c. from the Year 1760, to this Present Time, Including the Whole of the Evidence on Each Cause: Together with the Letters &c. that Have Been Intercepted Between the Amorous Parties, Volume 1 S Bladon 1779
/ref> He topped the poll at Sudbury at the 1780 general election but did not stand in 1784. Blake died on 1 July 1784. Through his daughter Annabella Blake, he was the grandfather of

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(MP) of the

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for

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Sir Patrick, 1st Baronet 1740s births 1784 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain