William Blakeney, baron Blakeney

(1671 c.-1761)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Blakeney, William, 1672-1761 NRA: Blakeney William (1672-1761) Lord Blakeney Defender of Minorca DNB: Blakeney, William, Baron Blakeney (1671/2–1761), army officer LBT ID: WiBlake1761 VIAF ID: 28624017 LOC ID: n88126599	B/BAP: 1671 DIED: 1761-09-20
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English military officer who defended Stirling Castle in the 1745 rebellion and was lieutenant-governor of Minorca (1747) which he was compelled to surrender to the French in 1756.
REFERENCES TO William Blakeney, baron Blakeney: Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 14 April 1824 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 6 ¶ n1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XII 1824 Found 1: ¶ n1