Martin Joseph Blake | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Galway Borough |
Term Start: | 2 May 1833 |
Term End: | 2 April 1857 |
Successor: | Anthony O'Flaherty Ulick de Burgh |
Alongside: | Anthony O'Flaherty (Aug. 1847–1857) James Henry Monahan (Feb. 1847–Aug. 1847) Valentine Blake (1841–Feb. 1847) Andrew Henry Lynch (1833–1841) |
Birth Date: | 1790 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Independent Irish Party |
Otherparty: | Repeal Association |
Martin Joseph Blake (1790 – March 1861)[1] [2] was an Irish Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician.
Blake was the son of Walter Blake and Mary Joseph. He was at some point a Deputy Lieutenant.[2]
Blake became Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for Galway Borough in 1833—following the unseating of Lachlan MacLachlan—and, elected for the Independent Irish Party in 1852, held the seat until the 1857 general election when he did not seek re-election.[2] [3]