Sir Richard Blake was an Irish

Irish people

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 politician

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 and Mayor of Galway

Mayor of Galway

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, fl. 1647.

Blake was the son of Richard Blake of Ardfry, near Oranmore

Oranmore

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, County Galway

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Sir Richard was Mayor of Galway for the term 1627-28. He was later Speaker or Chairman, of the assembly of the Irish Confederation

Irish Confederation

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 at Kilkenny

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. In 1647, was raised to the dignity of the peerage.

He supported the Ormond

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 peace treaties. Both he and his cousin, Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet

Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet

-Biography:Blake was the eldest of three sons of Sir Thomas Blake and Juliane, daughter of Geoffrey Browne. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 19 July 1628, was knighted on 3 October 1629, and sat in the Irish parliament of 1634–35 as MP either for Tuam or Galway county. He was a member of...

, were
captured by the soldiers of Owen Roe O'Neill in June, 1648 but were released unharmed.

His descendants included Baron Wallscourt

Baron Wallscourt

Baron Wallscourt, of Ardfry in the County of Galway, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 31 July 1800 for Joseph Blake, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the heirs male of the body of his father Joseph Blake. Blake had earlier represented County Galway in...

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