Colonel Martin Bladen was a British politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1713 to 1727 and in the British House of Commons from 1715 to 1746.
22 Facts About Martin Bladen
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Martin Bladen was a Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations, a Privy Councillor in Ireland and Comptroller of the Mint.
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Martin Bladen's father was an attorney and Steward to Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, his mother was the daughter of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton and was related to Lord Fairfax.
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Martin's older brother William Bladen was Attorney-General in Maryland and briefly Secretary of that Province and his nephew Thomas Bladen was Governor of Maryland in the 1740s.
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Martin Bladen acted as guardian to Admiral Hawke and supported his career advancement in the navy.
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Martin Bladen was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1698 but did not pursue a legal career.
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Martin Bladen was appointed Colonel in 1709 though within the year he had sold his colonelcy and retired from the military.
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Martin Bladen commenced his career in politics by winning seats in 1713.
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Martin Bladen was elected as a Member of Parliament for Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland that year, though was defeated as MP for Saltash in Cornwall.
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Martin Bladen was MP for Maldon in Essex in 1734 and Portsmouth in 1741.
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Martin Bladen only left the Mint after the death of Newton many years later.
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Martin Bladen was a Whig politician who consistently supported Robert Walpole throughout his tenure in office.
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Martin Bladen immediately raised the issue with his hosts who seemed initially unaware of the news.
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Martin Bladen was convinced that Britain's power and ability to trade favourably with other countries was greatly enhanced by the income from her colonies and, for economic reasons, it was vital for the colonies to serve the mother country and the appearance of a unified Britain with her colonies would deter other European colonial powers from attempting encroachment.
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Martin Bladen was instrumental in getting his nephew Thomas Bladen, later Governor of Maryland, into Parliament and the two consistently voted the same way on issues.
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Martin Bladen was the daughter of Colonel John Gibbs, one time Governor of North Carolina and her mother was Elizabeth Pride, who was a descendant and heiress of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle.
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Martin and Mary Bladen had one daughter, Isabella, who married John Tinker.
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Martin Bladen was brother-in-law to Nathaniel Rice, who was Secretary of the Royal Council of North Carolina and Acting Governor on two occasions.
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Frances inherited Aldborough Hatch in Barking in Essex, upon which Martin Bladen built a new house where the couple lived.
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Martin Bladen's town residence was a Georgian building at the south end of Hanover Square.
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Martin Bladen owned the Barmoor Estate in Northumberland and leased the Prebendary Manor of Ketton in Rutland.
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Martin Bladen wrote 'The History of the Last War in Spain: From 1702 to 1710.