Background
He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1783, the son of John Blaquiere, himself son of Jean de Blaquiere who emigrated from France.
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He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1783, the son of John Blaquiere, himself son of Jean de Blaquiere who emigrated from France.
He served in the Royal Navy on the HMS Director under Captain William Bligh, was forced off the Director at the Nore with Bligh in 1797 and later fought at the Battle of Camperdown. After he retired from the Navy, he settled in Southampton, England. He came to Upper Canada in 1837 and settled in the town of Woodstock.
He served as a lieutenant-colonel in the Oxford militia during the Upper Canada Rebellion.
In 1842, he became warden for the Brock District. In response, Bishop John Strachan established Trinity College as a church university in 1852.
lieutenant would later join with the University of Toronto. He resigned as chancellor in 1853 to protest changes to the University"s structure.
He died in Yorkville, Toronto in 1860.
He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1839 and, in 1841, became a member of the Legislative Council of the united Province of Canada.