Family and Education
b. 10 July 1723, 3rd and posth. s. of Charles Blackstone, silkman and citizen of London by Mary, da. of Lovelace Bigg of Chilton Foliat, Wilts. educ. Charterhouse 1735-8; Pembroke, Oxf. 1738, Fellow, All Souls 1744; M. Temple 1741, called 1746. m. 6 May 1761, Sarah, da. of James Clitherow of Boston House, Brentford, 9 ch.According to the Diary of John Baker (ed. Yorke), 23 June 1775, 320, ‘has 8 children besides 3 or 4 dead’. Kntd. 12 Feb. 1770.
Offices Held
Recorder, Wallingford 1749; Vinerian prof. Eng. law, Oxf. 1758 – 66; patent of precedence Apr. 1761; bencher M. Temple 1761; principal of New Inn Hall, Oxf. 1761 – 66; solicitor-gen. to the Queen 1763 – 70; j. common pleas 9 Feb.; j. King’s bench 16 Feb. 1770; again j.c.p. 22 June 1770.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Wallingford, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
BLACKSTONE, William (1723-80)
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