Sir Francis Blake Delaval KB

Order of the Bath

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 (16 March 1727 – 7 August 1771) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.

He was the eldest son of Captain Francis Blake Delaval

Francis Blake Delaval (1692–1752)

Captain Francis Blake Delaval was a Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament.He was the son of Edward Delaval and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Blake of Cogges...

 RN of Seaton Delaval Hall

Seaton Delaval Hall

Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England. It is near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral George Delaval and is now owned by the National...

, and succeeded to the estate in 1752.

He represented Hindon

Hindon (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Parliament from 1751 to 1754 and Andover

Andover (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1754 to 1768.

He married Isabella, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet

Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet

Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, 18th Baron de Clifford PC was an English nobleman and politician.He was the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife Margaret Sackville, Baroness Clifford and inherited the title on the death in 1684 of his elder brother Richard Tufton, 5th Earl...

 and widow of Lord Nassau Powlett

Lord Nassau Powlett

Lord Nassau Powlett KB was an English nobleman and politician, the only son of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton by his third wife Henrietta Crofts.In 1725, he became one of the founder knights of the Order of the Bath....

, but died without issue and was succeeded by his younger brother John Hussey Delaval, later Baron Delaval.