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William Hume Blake
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for East York
In office 1849–1850
Chancellor of the University of Toronto
In office 1852–1856
Preceded by
Peter Boyle de Blaquière
Succeeded by
Robert Easton Burns
Personal details
Born
(1809-03-10)10 March 1809 Humewood Castle, Kiltegan, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died
15 November 1870(1870-11-15) (aged 61) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party
Reform
Spouse
Catherine Honoria Hume
Relations
Edward Blake, Samuel Hume Blake (sons)
Alma mater
Trinity College Dublin
Occupation
lawyer, judge
William Hume BlakeQC (10 March 1809 – 15 November 1870[1]) was an Irish-Canadian jurist and politician. He was the father of Edward Blake, an Ontario Premier and federal Liberal party of Canada leader, and the first Chancellor of Upper Canada.
He was born at his grandfather's home, Humewood Castle, Kiltegan, County Wicklow, Ireland, the son of the Rev. Dominick Edward Blake, and Ann, daughter of William Hume (1747–1798) MP, of Humewood Castle. His ancestors were counted among the Tribes of Galway. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[2] In 1832 he emigrated to Canada and settled on a farm in Middlesex County. In a few years he removed to Toronto, studied law, and was called to the bar in 1838. He soon distinguished himself in the profession, but was strongly interested in the political issues which agitated the province. In 1848 he was elected to the Legislature for East York (now Ontario County) and in the same year was appointed Solicitor-General for Upper Canada in the Lafontaine-Baldwin ministry. In 1849 he prepared the act reforming the practice and organization of the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada and resigned from the ministry in order to become in 1849 the first chancellor of the court. In March, 1862, he resigned on account of failing health, and eight years later he died in Toronto. He was named a Queen's Counsel in 1848.
^Memorial to William Hume Blake, located in St. James Cemetery in Toronto. [1]
^"Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). George Dames Burtchaell / Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 72: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
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