Family and Education
b. 15 May 1732, 5th s. of Jean de Blaquiere, émigré Huguenot merchant,D. C. Agnew, Protestant Exiles , ii. 305. of Greenwich, Kent by Mary Elizabeth, da. of Pierre de Varennes, Huguenot bookseller, of the Strand, Westminster. m. 24 Dec. 1775, Eleanor, da. and h. of Robert Dobson of Anne’s Grove, co. Cork by Maria, coh. of Alexander Tompkins of Prehen, co. Londonderry (who brought him the Ardkill estate), 4s. 3da. KB 3 Aug. 1774; cr. Bt. 16 July 1784; Baron de Blaquiere [I] 30 July 1800.
Offices Held
Maj. 18 Drag. 1759, brevet lt.-col. 1762; lt.-col. 17 Drag. 1763, ret. 1773.
Sec. embassy to France 1771 – 72; chief sec. to ld.-lt. [I] 1772 – 77; PC [I] 30 Nov. 1772.
MP [I] 1773 – 1800; alnager of Ireland 1775 – 97; bailiff, Phoenix Park 1775; trustee, linen board [I] 1784 – 1808; commr. Dublin paving board 1786.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Ardkill, co. Londonderry, [I].
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
BLAQUIERE, Sir John (1732-1812)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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