Martin Joseph Blake (1790 – March 1861)
was an
Irish Independent Irish Party
The Independent Irish Party (IIP) was the designation chosen by the 48 Members of the United Kingdom Parliament returned from Ireland with the endorsement of the Tenant Right League in the 1852 general election. The League had secured their ...
and
Repeal Association
The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland.
The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to ...
politician.
Blake was the son of Walter Blake and Mary Joseph. He was at some point a
Deputy Lieutenant.
Blake became Repeal Association
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Galway Borough in 1833—following the unseating of
Lachlan MacLachlan—and, elected for the Independent Irish Party in 1852, held the seat until the
1857 general election when he did not seek re-election.
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1790 births
1861 deaths
Irish Repeal Association MPs
Irish Nationalist politicians
Deputy lieutenants in Ireland
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Galway constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1835–1837
UK MPs 1837–1841
UK MPs 1841–1847
UK MPs 1847–1852
UK MPs 1852–1857
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