Family and Education
o.s. of John Blakiston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, barrister and judge of the Admiralty court, by Phoebe, da. of William Johnson of Kibblesworth, co. Dur., sis. of Sir Nathaniel Johnson, gov. of Leeward Is. m. (1) Thomasine (d.1697), da. of Sir Robert Legard of Anlaby, Yorks., master in Chancery, wid. of Sir Timothy Thornhill, 1st Bt., of Barbados;Caribbeana, ii. 278. (2) Mary; left 1s. 1da. at his death.PCC 46 Marlbro. suc. fa. 1702.
Offices Held
Lt.-gov. Montserrat 1689 – 95; capt. 2 Ft. 1690; gov. Maryland 1698 – 1701; agent for Maryland in London 1701 – 05, for Virginia 1706 – d.
Merchant adventurer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1698, hostman 1704.
Main residences: Black Callerton, Northumb.; Feltham, Mdx.
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Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
BLAKISTON, Nathaniel (d.1722)
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Oxford 1644
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