Background
He was born at Portarlington in Queens County to army captain Richard Blake and his wife Charlotte.
He was born at Portarlington in Queens County to army captain Richard Blake and his wife Charlotte.
He attended Trinity College, Dublin, and in 1838 was called to the Barometer
By 1854 he was practising law as a barrister in Sydney. He left the Council in 1859 and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Hunter in 1860, but he resigned in 1861 on his appointment as a District Court judge. In 1867 he had moved to Queensland, and in 1878 he was appointed to the Queensland Central District Court.
He died at Hamilton in 1882.