Sir Thomas Blake, 2nd Baronet, died 1642.
Biography
Blake was the eldest son of
Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Baronet
Sir Valentine Blake was an Irish merchant and Mayor of Galway
The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the of Galway City Council. The council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area of the city of Galway which ...
and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Robuck French.
Blake was Sheriff with his father, though the latter was removed from office for refusing the oath of supremacy in 1611. He was
Mayor of Galway
The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the of Galway City Council. The council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area of the city of Galway which is the largest city in the province of Connacht, in Ireland. The ...
for the term 1637–38. He was an
alderman
An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many Jurisdiction, jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council membe ...
, and MP for the town in 1634–35.
Blake was killed in the town when a cannon, built by its citizens, exploded, killing him and a number of others.
He married Juliane Browne, daughter of Geoffrey, and was succeeded by his son, Valentine, in 1642. He had three other sons and several daughters.
See also
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Blake baronets
There have been four baronetcies for persons with the surname Blake, one in the Baronetage of Ireland, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2010.
The Blake ...
References
* ''Roll of Honour: The Mayors of Galway'', William Henry, Galway, 2002.
* ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'', p. 589, Cambridge, 2010.
Politicians from County Galway
Mayors of Galway
1642 deaths
17th-century Irish people
People of the Irish Confederate Wars
Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
Year of birth missing
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