About John Blakeney
Lived 1729 – 1789 (aged 59–60). John Blakeney was a soldier and politician.
John Blakeney ( 1729 – 25 July 1789 ) was an Irish soldier.
He was son of John Blakeney and Grace Perrse, grandson of Robert Blakeney, brother of Robert Blakeney, Theophilus Blakeney and William Blakeney, and uncle of John Blakeney and Edward Blakeney.
As a soldier John Blakeney fought in the Battle of Culloden, the Battle of Matinico and the siege of Havana and reached the rank of Colonel.
He represented Athenry in the Irish House of Commons from 1763 to his death. He was High Sheriff of County Galway for 1768.
He died unmarried.
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(died 1789)
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John Blakeney was born in 1729.
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John Blakeney died on 25 July 1789.
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John Blakeney was a soldier and politician.
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