Nathaniel Blakiston

Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston was the 8th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1698 to 1702. He succeeded Francis Nicholson and was succeeded by Thomas Tench. He was related to Nehemiah Blakiston.

Biography

Nathaniel Blakiston was grandson of John Blakiston, regicides of King Charles I of England. Blakiston joined to the British army in his young, serving in the West Indies.^[1] As a soldier, Blakiston attained the lieutenant-governor rank of Montserrat island as acting colonel.^[1][2]

In 1698, Blakiston was appointed governor of the British colony of Maryland.^[1][2] However, his government only lasted three years, because he had to retire because of health problems in 1701. The court of delegates chose him to serve as their agent in London in thanks for their services in Monserrat. Later, from 1706 onwards Blakiston was agent for Virginia in London. Then, in 1775, he returned for Mitchell as a Whig and he had a participation in recorded division, voting with the administration in all of them. He died at the end of February 1722.^[1]

References

1. The history of Parliament. Posted by Eveline Cruickshanks.
2. Stephen Saunders Webb. Marlborough's America. Page 525.