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 |
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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. | |