William John Blake

William John Blake
Member of Parliament
for Newport (Isle of Wight)
In office
26 July 1837 – 1 July 1841
Preceded byJohn Heywood Hawkins
William Henry Ord
Succeeded byCharles Wykeham Martin
William Hamilton
Personal details
Born1805
Died15 September 1875(1875-09-15) (aged 69–70)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig

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]

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "N"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 153–156. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  3. ^ "William John Blake". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Blake, William John", Alumni Oxonienses, p. 120
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ^ "John Bull". 14 August 1837. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. pp. 137, 175. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via Google Books.