English diplomat, public official and Whig politician
William Blathwayt
Portrait by Michael Dahl
Secretary at War
In office August 1683 – 1704
Monarch
James II
Preceded by
Matthew Locke
Succeeded by
George Clarke
Personal details
Born
1649
Died
16 August 1717 (aged 68)
Alma mater
Brasenose College, Oxford
William Blathwayt (or Blathwayte) (1649 – 16 August 1717[1]) was an English diplomat, public official and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1710. He established the War Office as a department of the British Government and played an important part in administering the English (later British) colonies of North America.
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Emily Marion Blathwayt (née Rose; 1852 – 1940) was a British suffragette and mother of Mary Blathwayt. She and her husband, Linley, a retired Colonel from...
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commentaries of Peru]. Translated by Paul Rycaut. His letters to WilliamBlathwayt are held at Princeton University. "Sir Paul Rycaut – National Portrait...
Nicholson was an army captain and protégé of colonial secretary WilliamBlathwayt who came to Boston in early 1687 as part of Andros' honor guard and...
Catholic battalion commander. Under the new instructions started by WilliamBlathwayt, Secretary at War, the Blues became a very respectable regiment, its...
its foundation has traditionally been ascribed to WilliamBlathwayt, who had accompanied King William III during the Nine Years' War and who, from his...
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Mary Blathwayt (1 February 1879 – 25 June 1961) was a British feminist, suffragette and social reformer. She lived at Eagle House in Somerset. This house...
Thomas Hinckley to colonial secretary WilliamBlathwayt, and the favorable relationship that he established with Blathwayt contributed to his future success...
Wynter heiress Mary married WilliamBlathwayt, the Dyrham estate passed to the Blathwayte family, builders of the present William & Mary style mansion known...
City. Nicholson, an army captain and protégé of colonial secretary WilliamBlathwayt, came to Boston in early 1687 as part of Andros' honor guard and had...
acres (1.11 km2) of parkland built between 1691 and 1702 for WilliamBlathwayt (William III's Secretary of State and at War) and now owned by the National...
and placed cannon at the city gates. He wrote to Secretary at War WilliamBlathwayt to inform him of his action and to express his alarm at "ye Reportt...
English and British House of Commons between 1702 and 1736. The son of Sir William Clarke, he enrolled at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1676. He was elected...
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