Thomas Blake (9 November 1825 – 31 March 1901) was an English Liberal politician. Blake was the youngest son of William Blake, of

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. He was chairman of the Ross School Board, to which he was elected four times.Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
/ref> Blake stood for parliament unsuccessfully in Herefordshire at the

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. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster at a by-election in February 1876, and held the seat until his defeat in

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. He was elected on 4 December 1885 at the

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as MP for the new Forest of Dean constituency, and was re-elected on 2 July 1886, but resigned from the House of Commons on 15 July 1887. He was replaced at a by-election the same month by another Liberal G B Samuelson, and appears to have not stood again. Blake died at the age of 75. Blake married firstly Susan Ellen Gordon in 1844. He married secondly Anne Kay in 1874.

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