Anthony Richard Blake [SEP] date of death
Anthony Richard Blake
Anthony Richard Blake (1786–1849), was an Irish lawyer, administrator and 'backstairs Viceroy of Ireland'.
Blake, the second son of Martin Blake of Holly Park, Athenry, was a member of the Tribes of Galway. A granduncle was Anthony Blake, Archbishop of Armagh. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, London, on 13 May 1808. He became a protégé of Charles Butler, collecting data on Irish catholic affairs for him during 1811-12, which led to Butler's
fire in the castle two years before his death.
- Sir Thomas Patrick Ulick John Harvey Blake, 15th Baronet (1870–1925)
- Sir Ulick Temple Blake, 16th Baronet (1904–1963), found dead in his car after inheriting the Menlough Castle from the fourteenth baronet.
- Sir Thomas Richard Valentine Blake, 17th Baronet (1942–2008), last of the 11th Baronet's male line.
- Sir Anthony Teilo Bruce Blake, 18th Baronet (1951–2014), great-great-great-great grandson of the