Martin Joseph Blake Explained

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. 18471857)
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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "G" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713200634/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons1.htm . 13 July 2011 . usurped . 13 September 2018 .
  2. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . Martin Joseph Blake. The Peerage . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180930223146/http://www.thepeerage.com/p27553.htm. 30 September 2018 . 24 September 2018 . live.
  3. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 978-0901714121. 282.