Family and Education
b. c. 1649, o.s. of William Blathwayt, barrister, of the Middle Temple by Anne, da. of Justinian Povey of Hounslow, Mdx. educ. M. Temple 1665; Padua 1672. m. 23 Dec. 1686, Mary (d. Nov. 1691), da. and h. of John Wynter of Dyrham Park, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. c.1650.
Offices Held
Clerk of embassy, The Hague 1668 – 72, Copenhagen and Stockholm 1672, asst. sec. of trade and plantations 1675 – 79, sec. 1679 – 96; clerk of PC (extraordinary) 1678 – 86, (ordinary) 1686 – d.; auditor-gen. of plantations 1680 – d.; under-sec. of state (north) 1681 – 83; sec. at war 1683 – Feb. 1689, May 1689–1704; ld. of trade 1696–7.
J.p. Westminster 1680 – 89, Glos., Mdx., Westminster and Som. by 1701 – d.; commr. for assessment, Westminster 1689; dep. lt. Glos. and Som. 1701–?d.
Main residences: Scotland Yard, Whitehall; Dyrham Park, Glos.
Notes
This biography is based on G. A. Jacobsen, William Blathwayt.
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Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BLATHWAYT, William (c.1649-1717)
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