Thursday, 5 April 2018
1874 Sir Francis Blake
Constituency : Berwick-upon-Tweed 1916-22
Sir Francis took over when Edward Grey was elevated to the peerage. He trounced an independent challenger.
Francis was the son of a considerable landholder in Northumberland. A distant ancestor was a previous MP for the constituency.He was educated at Oxford and became a barrister. He was created a baronet in 1907. He was a Northumberland county councillor and was at one time its chairman.
Francis did not receive the coupon in 1918 but only had to see off another independent.
Francis stood down in 1922.
He died in 1940 aged 83.
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