Anthony Richard Blake

1786 - 1849

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Irish Catholic lawyer and administrator and 'backstairs viceroy of Ireland', who was awarded the compensation granted to Captain Alexander Ellice's for his 1/6th of the enslaved people on the Morant estate in St Thomas-in-the-East. It is not clear in what capacity Blake received the money: Ellice wrote to the Commissioners 21/11/1836 giving consent for the payment.  


Sources

Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010) pp. 580-1; T71/867 St Thomas-in-the-East No. 507.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Legal Education
Lincolns Inn [1808 ]
Occupation
Lawyer
Religion
Roman Catholic

Associated Claims (1)

£4,184 0s 1d
Awardee