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Francis Blake (other)
Francis or Frank Blake may refer to: Nobility * Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Twizell Castle (1709–1780), Northumbrian landowner * Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Twizell Castle (c. 1737–1818), Northumbrian landowner and political writer * Sir Francis Blake, 3rd Baronet, of Twizell Castle (c. 1774–1860), Northumbrian landowner and politician * Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Tillmouth Park (1856–1940), Member of Parliament * Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Tillmouth Park (1893–1950) Science and medicine * Francis Blake (inventor) (1850–1913), American engineer who improved the carbon microphone for telephone use * Francis Claude Blake (1867–1954), British engineer * Francis Gilman Blake (1887–1952), American immunologist Others * Sir Francis Blake (1638–1718), Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)#MPs 1660–1885, Berwick-Upon-Tweed 1698–1701 * Frank Blake (American football) (fl. 1907–1909), American football c ...
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Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, Of Twizell Castle
Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (27 April 1709 – 29 March 1780) was a Northumbrian landowner who was created Blake baronets, 1st Baronet of Twizell in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 25 May 1774. Life He was the grandson of Sir Francis Blake, Knt., of Cogges, Oxfordshire, who acquired Ford Castle, Northumberland on his marriage to Elizabeth, née Carr, and who purchased Twizell Castle, Northumberland, in about 1685; and was the son of Sarah, daughter of Sir Francis of Cogges and her cousin Robert Blake of Menlough (1697–1734). He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. He inherited the Twizell Castle estate (subject to his father's life interest) on the death of his grandfather in 1717. (Ford Castle passed to his cousin Francis Blake Delaval (1692–1752)). He supported the government during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Described as an 'experimental philosopher', he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1746. After his father's de ...
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Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, Of Twizell Castle
Sir Francis Blake (c.1737 – 22 May 1818) was a High Sheriff of Northumberland (1784), a major land owner of that county, and a political writer. He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Twizell Castle on the death of his father Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Twizell Castle in 1780. He inherited substantial Northumberland estates including Twizell Castle, Tillmouth House, Seghill and Fowberry Tower, the latter being sold in 1807. He also purchased, in 1788, a estate at Duddo from John Clavering of Callaly Castle for £1400 which his son sold in 1823 for £45000. His seat was initially at Fowberry and later at Tillmouth. Blake married Elizabeth née Douglas of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire in 1772, and was succeeded by their eldest son Francis Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025) *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) * Francis, a character played by YouTuber ...
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Sir Francis Blake, 3rd Baronet, Of Twizell Castle
Sir Francis Blake, 3rd Baronet ( 1774 – 10 September 1860) was a landowner, politician and baronet of Northumberland, England. Background Born at Heston, he was the son of Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Twizell Castle, Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet and his wife, the daughter of Alexander Douglas. In 1818, he succeeded his father as baronet. Career Blake was commissioned a captain in the Northumberland Militia in 1794 and was appointed colonel of the Northumberland Fencibles in 1795. He entered the British House of Commons in 1820, sitting as a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency), Berwick-upon-Tweed until 1826. A year later, he was re-elected for the constituency, representing it until 1834. Blake owned estates at Twizell Castle, Tillmouth House, Seghill and Duddo, which he sold for £45000 in 1823. Death and legacy He married Jane, daughter of William Neale, in 1827 but had no legitimate child ...
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Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, Of Tillmouth Park
Sir Francis Douglas Blake, 1st Baronet, CB, DL (27 February 1856 – 5 February 1940) was Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland, Vice Lord Lieutenant in 1920 and 1931, a Justice of the Peace, and a Member of Parliament. The son of Francis Blake (1832–1861), the heir of Sir Francis Blake of Twizell Castle, on the death of his father he inherited substantial estates in Northumberland including Tillmouth House, Twizell Castle and Seghill. He was educated at University College, Oxford, and was admitted to the Inner Temple as a Barrister-at-Law. He was created a Baronet, of Tillmouth Park, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 July 1907. He became chairman of the Northumberland Quarter Sessions. Later he was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Berwick on Tweed 1916–1922, and was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel commanding of the Northumberland Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) on 30 November ...
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Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, Of Tillmouth Park
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the ''suo jure'' female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms, or Miss. Etym ...
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Francis Blake (inventor)
Francis Blake Jr. (December 25, 1850 – January 20, 1913) was an American inventor. Biography Francis Blake was born in Needham, Massachusetts on December 25, 1850, the son of Caroline Burling (Trumbull) and Francis Blake, Sr. In 1879, he invented a carbon microphone for use in the telephone, and patented it shortly after Thomas Edison invented a similar microphone that also used carbon contacts. Blake used a carbon button design that initially would not stay in adjustment, but with later improvements proved to be workable. Alexander Graham Bell hired Blake and put him to work with Emile Berliner who also invented a carbon microphone. The improved Berliner-Blake microphone was standard with the Bell company for many years. Blake also improved the construction of the microtome, and photographic shutter. Blake worked on the United States Coast Survey from his teenage years through early adulthood (1866-1878). He was a physicist and an amateur photographer. In 1874, Blake marri ...
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Francis Claude Blake
Francis Claude Blake (19 March 1867 – 10 April 1954) was a British engineer, known for his pioneering work designing and manufacturing cars, boats and railway locomotives. He was a member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers. Blake was born in Putney in 1867, trained at Nine Elms Locomotive Works (1886-1889), and was draughtsman and clerk of works at Poplar Station of the Commercial Gas Co from 1890 to 1896, after which he set up his own business. Company history In 1896, Blake started an engineering company at the Ravenscourt Works, Dalling Road, Hammersmith called Blake Motors. The company produced a design of an “oil motor carriage… being given with a view to the construction of such a carriage by amateurs”. In 1901, the company had outgrown its original site and moved to The Motor Works, Station Avenue, Kew (a site next to Kew Gardens station). The company was by now supplying components, including complete engines. The company closed in 1906 and the Kew w ...
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Francis Gilman Blake
Francis Gilman Blake (22 February 1887–1 February 1952) was an American immunologist. He served as dean of the Yale University School of Medicine, president of the American Association of Immunologists, and physician-in-chief of the Yale–New Haven Hospital. Early life and family Blake was a native of the small Pennsylvania town of Mansfield Valley. His father, a mining engineer, died when he was three years old. He spent much of his childhood in Massachusetts, where he was an enthusiastic observer of nature; at the age of 15, along with one of his brothers, he submitted an ornithological paper which was published in ''The Auk'' in 1902. Paul, John Rodman"Francis Gilman Blake, 1887-1952"National Academy of Sciences He received his A.B. from Dartmouth in 1908, after which he spent a year as a tutor to save enough money to pay for his further education. He then enrolled in Harvard Medical School, where he received his MD in 1913. While completing his medical internship at ...
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Francis Blake (1638–1718)
Francis or Frank Blake may refer to: Nobility * Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Twizell Castle (1709–1780), Northumbrian landowner * Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Twizell Castle (c. 1737–1818), Northumbrian landowner and political writer * Sir Francis Blake, 3rd Baronet, of Twizell Castle (c. 1774–1860), Northumbrian landowner and politician * Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Tillmouth Park (1856–1940), Member of Parliament * Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Tillmouth Park (1893–1950) Science and medicine * Francis Blake (inventor) (1850–1913), American engineer who improved the carbon microphone for telephone use * Francis Claude Blake (1867–1954), British engineer * Francis Gilman Blake (1887–1952), American immunologist Others * Sir Francis Blake (1638–1718), Member of Parliament for Berwick-Upon-Tweed 1698–1701 * Frank Blake (American football) (fl. 1907–1909), American football coach * Frank Blake (baseball) (1910–?), American baseball pl ...
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Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament Constituency)
Berwick-upon-Tweed () was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. It was a Borough constituency, parliamentary borough in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England from 1512 to 1706, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system. It was a county constituency since 1885, electing one MP under the first-past-the-post system. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was expanded and renamed North Northumberland ...
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Frank Blake (American Football)
Frank J. Blake (September 28, 1883 – June 27, 1948) was an American football coach and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. He served as the head football at Mercer University from 1908 to 1909. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt University. His brothers— Dan, Bob, and Vaughn—played football at Vanderbilt, although Frank never lettered for the Commodores. Blake entered Vanderbilt University in 1900, and learned the game of football from Walter H. Watkins. He began his coaching career in 1903 at the Bowen School, a prep school in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1905, he moved to the Gordon Institute—now known as Gordon State College—in Barnesville, Georgia. Blake was hired as football coach at Mercer in 1908. In the summer of 1910, Blake was initially reported to have been selected to succeed Dexter W. Draper as head football coach at the University of Texas. However, he was only a candidate for the job, along with Cyril Ballin of Princeton, Clarence W. Russell, and Bi ...
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Frank Blake (baseball)
Francis "Powerhouse" Blake (September 22, 1910 – date of death unknown) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Baltimore Black Sox in 1932, the New York Black Yankees in 1934, and the New York Cubans The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. Despite playing in the Negro leagues, the team occasionally employed white-skinned Hispanic baseball players as well, because Hispanics pl ... in 1935. References External links anBaseball-Reference Black Baseball statsanSeamheads Baltimore Black Sox players New York Black Yankees players New York Cubans players 1910 births Year of death unknown Baseball players from Boston Baseball pitchers {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ...
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