Matthew Blakiston
Sir Matthew Blakiston, 1st Baronet (c. 1702 – 14 July 1774)[1] was a British merchant, grocer and baronet.
He was the son of George Blakiston and his wife Elizabeth Kay, daughter of Matthew Kay.[2] He was an Alderman of London from 1750 to 1769, was elected Sheriff of London in 1754 and became the 442nd Lord Mayor of London in 1761.[3] He was knighted at Kensington Palace in 1759[4] and was created a Baronet, of the City of London on 22 April 1763.[5] Blakiston served as colonel of the Green Regiment of the London Militia.[4] He died at Jermyn Street in London.[6]
Blakiston married firstly Margaret Hall, daughter of Reverend Charles Hall.[7] His second wife, Mary Blew, died in 1754[7] and Blakiston married thirdly Annabella Bayley, daughter of Thomas Bayley in St Johns, London on 8 April 1760.[2] He had a son by his first wife and two sons by his third wife.[2] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second and only surviving son, Matthew.[8]
References
- ↑ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- 1 2 3 "ThePeerage - Sir Matthew Blakiston, 1st Bt". Retrieved 18 March 2007.
- ↑ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 475.
- 1 2 Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson, ed. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 194.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 10304. p. 6. 12 April 1763. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- ↑ Peter Cunningham, ed. (1861). Bohn's English Gentlemen's Library: Horace Walpole's Letters. vol. II. London: Henry G. Bohn. p. 216.
- 1 2 Burke, Bernhard (1898). Peter Ashworth Burke, ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry 1891-1895. vol. I. London: Harrison. p. 499.
- ↑ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 117.
Honorary titles | ||
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Preceded by Sir Thomas Chitty |
Lord Mayor of London 1760–1761 |
Succeeded by Sir Samuel Fludyer |
Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
New creation | Baronet (of London) 1763 – 1774 |
Succeeded by Matthew Blakiston |