Sir Edward Blakeney

(1778-1868)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Blakeney, Sir Edward (1778-1868) Knight Field Marshal DNB: Blakeney, Sir Edward (1778-1868), army officer LBT ID: EdBlake1868	B/BAP: 1778 DIED: 1868-08-02
SOURCES: DNB
Military officer who fought in the Peninsular Campaign and at the battle of New Orleans and was commander-in-chief in Ireland (1836-55).
REFERENCES TO Sir Edward Blakeney: Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XX Found 1: ¶ 3