Martin Joseph Blake

Martin Joseph Blake
Martin Joseph Blake
Member of Parliament ; for Galway Borough
	In office; 2 May 1833 – 2 April 1857 Serving with Anthony O'Flaherty (Aug. 1847–1857); James Henry Monahan (Feb. 1847–Aug. 1847); Valentine Blake (1841–Feb. 1847); Andrew Henry Lynch (1833–1841)
Preceded by	Andrew Henry Lynch; Lachlan MacLachlan
Succeeded by	Anthony O'Flaherty; Ulick de Burgh
Personal details
Born	1790
Died	1861 (aged 70–71)
Nationality	Irish
Party	Independent Irish Party
Other political; affiliations	Repeal Association

Martin Joseph Blake (1790 – March 1861)^[1]^[2] was an Irish Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician.^[3]

Quick facts Member of Parliament for Galway Borough, Preceded by ...

Blake was the son of Walter Blake and Mary Joseph. He was at some point a Deputy Lieutenant.^[2]

Blake became Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for Galway Borough in 1833—following the unseating of Lachlan MacLachlan—and, elected for the Independent Irish Party in 1852, held the seat until the 1857 general election when he did not seek re-election.^[2]^[3]

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