Background
The son of Francis Blake (1832–1861), the heir of Sir Francis Blake of Twizell Castle, on the death of his father he inherited substantial estates in Northumberland including Tillmouth House, Twizell Castle and Seghill.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
The son of Francis Blake (1832–1861), the heir of Sir Francis Blake of Twizell Castle, on the death of his father he inherited substantial estates in Northumberland including Tillmouth House, Twizell Castle and Seghill.
He was educated at University College, Oxford, and was admitted to the Inner Temple as a Barrister-at-Law.
He was created a Baronet, of Tillmouth Park, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 July 1907. He became chairman of the Northumberland Quarter Sessions. He also served in the Northumberland Royal Guards Artillery with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was sometime Chairman of the Northumberland County Council.
Blake demolished the family house at Tillmouth and replaced it with a grand mansion in 1882 using in the process large quantities of masonry from the unfinished and abandoned project that was Twizell Castle.
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Later he was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Berwick on Tweed 1916-1922, and was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.
