Lieutenant-General William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, KB (7 September 1672 – 20 September 1761) was a British Army officer and politician who served from 1695 until 1756. From 1725 to 1757, he also sat in the Parliament of Ireland as …

General William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey, but the gravestone wording is now very faint. He was born at Mount Blakeney in county Limerick, Ireland, in September 1671 or 1672, eldest son of William and Elizabeth (Bowerman).

Lord William Blakeney (born 1791) was a British aristocrat who served as a midshipman aboard the Royal Navy corvette HMS Surprise during the Napoleonic Wars. He broke his arm during an engagement with the French privateer Acheron off Brazil, necessitating its …

2013年10月18日 · Lt.-Gen. William Blakeney, 1st and last Baron Blakeney of Castle Blakeney was born in 1672 at Mount Blakeney, County Limerick, Ireland G. 1 He was the son of William Blakeney and Elizabeth Bowerman. 1,2 He died on 20 September 1761, unmarried. 1 He was buried on 9 October 1761 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England G. 1 …

2022年5月1日 · William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney KB (1672 – 10 September 1761) was an Irish soldier known for his unsuccessful defence of the Spanish island of Minorca following the Battle of Minorca in 1756. Early life

BLAKENEY, WILLIAM, Lord Blakeney (1672–1761), the defender of Minorca, was an Irishman of English descent, and was born at Mount Blakeney in the county of Limerick in 1672. His father was a fairly wealthy country gentleman, and represented the borough of Kilmallock in the Irish House of Commons for many years, and expected his eldest son to ...

Lieutenant-General William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, KB (7 September 1672 – 20 September 1761) was a British Army officer and politician who served from 1695 until 1756. From 1725 to 1757, he also sat in the Parliament of Ireland as …

Blakeney, Lord William, a distinguished general, was born at Mountblakeney, County of Limerick, in 1672. He entered the army, and although admitted to be an officer of great merit, his professional advancement was long retarded. In 1745, his skilful and courageous defence of Stirling Castle against Prince Charles won general applause.

2023年3月21日 · BLAKENEY, WILLIAM, Lord Blakeney (1672–1761), the defender of Minorca, was an Irishman of English descent, and was born at Mount Blakeney in the county of Limerick in 1672. His father was a fairly wealthy country gentleman, and represented the borough of Kilmallock in the Irish House of Commons for many years, and expected his eldest son to ...

After giving truthful evidence at Byng's trial as to the state of Minorca, Blakeney received great honours from George II, and was made a knight of the Bath, colonel of the Enniskillen regiment of infantry, and finally Lord Blakeney of Mount Blakeney in the peerage of Ireland. He was M.P. for Kilmallock 1725-57.