Difference between revisions of "John Bligh 1687-1728"
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| − | ===[[name::John]] [[name::BLIGH]] 1st [[personal title::Earl of Darnley]] [[date of birth::1687]]-[[date of death::1728]]=== | + | ===[[name::John]] [[name::BLIGH]], 1st [[personal title::Earl of Darnley]] [[date of birth::1687]]-[[date of death::1728]]=== |
[[file:BlighJohn.JPG|thumb|John Bligh's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection 2834)]] | [[file:BlighJohn.JPG|thumb|John Bligh's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection 2834)]] | ||
====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
Son of [[family::Thomas Bligh]], a member of a family originally from [[location::Plymouth]] who moved to [[location::County Meath, Ireland]] during the 17th century to make their fortune. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Athboy]] in the Irish House of Commons, 1709-21, when he was made Baron Clifton in the peerage of Ireland, later becoming Viscount Darnley (1723), then the Earl of Darnley (1725). Through his marriage to [[family::Theodosia Hyde]], 10th Baroness Clifton (1695-1722) he acquired the estate of [[location::Cobham Hall, Kent]] which became a family seat thereafter. | Son of [[family::Thomas Bligh]], a member of a family originally from [[location::Plymouth]] who moved to [[location::County Meath, Ireland]] during the 17th century to make their fortune. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Athboy]] in the Irish House of Commons, 1709-21, when he was made Baron Clifton in the peerage of Ireland, later becoming Viscount Darnley (1723), then the Earl of Darnley (1725). Through his marriage to [[family::Theodosia Hyde]], 10th Baroness Clifton (1695-1722) he acquired the estate of [[location::Cobham Hall, Kent]] which became a family seat thereafter. | ||
| − | + | [[file:BlighEdward.JPG|thumb|The bookplate of Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley (British Museum Franks Collection 2833)]] | |
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| − | The Franks catalogue ascribes a armorial bookplate for "The Honble. John Bligh Esqr. of the Kingdom of Ireland" (Franks 2834) to Bligh's son John, later 3rd Earl of Darnley (1719-81), but on stylistic grounds this looks too early, and earlier than the plate for Edward the 2nd Earl (1715-47: Franks 2833). It therefore seems safer to attribute it to the 1st Earl. The extent of what presumably became a family library, over the generations, is not known. | + | The Franks catalogue ascribes a armorial bookplate for "The Honble. John Bligh Esqr. of the Kingdom of Ireland" (Franks 2834) to Bligh's son John, later 3rd Earl of Darnley (1719-81), but on stylistic grounds this looks too early, and earlier than the plate for his eldest son Edward the 2nd Earl (1715-47: Franks 2833). It therefore seems safer to attribute it to the 1st Earl. The extent of what presumably became a family library, over the generations, is not known. |
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Revision as of 04:06, 22 December 2020
John BLIGH, 1st Earl of Darnley 1687-1728
Biographical Note
Son of Thomas Bligh, a member of a family originally from Plymouth who moved to County Meath, Ireland during the 17th century to make their fortune. MP for Athboy in the Irish House of Commons, 1709-21, when he was made Baron Clifton in the peerage of Ireland, later becoming Viscount Darnley (1723), then the Earl of Darnley (1725). Through his marriage to Theodosia Hyde, 10th Baroness Clifton (1695-1722) he acquired the estate of Cobham Hall, Kent which became a family seat thereafter.
Books
The Franks catalogue ascribes a armorial bookplate for "The Honble. John Bligh Esqr. of the Kingdom of Ireland" (Franks 2834) to Bligh's son John, later 3rd Earl of Darnley (1719-81), but on stylistic grounds this looks too early, and earlier than the plate for his eldest son Edward the 2nd Earl (1715-47: Franks 2833). It therefore seems safer to attribute it to the 1st Earl. The extent of what presumably became a family library, over the generations, is not known.
Sources
- Earl of Darnley, Wikipedia.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.