William John Blake Explained

William John Blake
Office:Member of Parliament
for Newport (Isle of Wight)
Term Start:26 July 1837
Term End:1 July 1841
Predecessor:John Heywood Hawkins
William Henry Ord
Successor:Charles Wykeham Martin
William Hamilton
Alongside:John Heywood Hawkins
Birth Date:1805
Nationality:British
Party:Whig

William John Blake (1805 – 15 September 1875)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2]

The first-born son of William Blake and Mary Nash,[3] he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a president of the United Debating Society, and at Lincoln's Inn.[4]

Blake was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) at the 1837 general election but held the seat for just one term until 1841, when he stood but ended bottom of four candidates. He stood again for election at the 1847 general election, but he was unsuccessful, ending third of four candidates.[5] [6] [7] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "N" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 26 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181126215234/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons1.htm. 26 November 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 153–156 .
  3. Web site: William John Blake . www.ucl.ac.uk . 20 August 2021.
  4. "Blake, William John", Alumni Oxonienses, p. 120
  5. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 221.
  6. News: John Bull . 26 November 2018 . 14 August 1837 . 4–5 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  7. Book: Mosse. Richard Bartholomew. The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. 1838. 137, 175. 26 November 2018 . .