Sir Henry Blake
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Sir Henry Arthur Blake GCMG DL |
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| 46th Governor of The Bahamas | |
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In office 4 January 1884 – 1887 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Cameron Lees |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ambrose Shea |
| 55th Governor of Newfoundland | |
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In office 1887 – December 1888 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir G W Des Voeux |
| Succeeded by | Sir John T N O'Brien |
| 65th Governor of Jamaica | |
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In office 23 December 1888 – 1898 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | William Clive Justice (Ag) |
| Succeeded by | Henry Jardine Hallowes (Ag) |
| 12th Governor of Hong Kong | |
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In office 25 November 1898 – 21 November 1903 |
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| Monarch |
Queen Victoria Edward VII |
| Preceded by | Sir William Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Matthew Nathan |
| 19th Governor of British Ceylon | |
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In office 3 December 1903 – 11 July 1907 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Preceded by | Sir Everard im Thurn (Ag) |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Clifford (Ag) |
| Personal details | |
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8 January 1840 Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 13 February 1918 (aged 78) |
| Spouse(s) |
Jeannie Irwin Edith Bernal Osborne |
| Profession | Draper's assistant, constable, magistrate, colonial administrator |
Sir Henry Arthur Blake GCMG DL (Chinese: 卜力; Sidney Lau: Buk1 Lik6; 8 January 1840 – 23 February 1918) was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903.
Blake was born in Limerick, Ireland. He was the son of Peter Blake of Corbally Castle (c. 1805 – bur. St. Ann's, Dublin, 19 November 1850), a Galway-born county Inspector of the Irish Constabulary, and wife (m. Mobarnan, County Tipperary) Jane Lane (Lanespark, County Tipperary, 5 March 1819 – ?), daughter of John Lane of Lanespark, County Tipperary, and paternal grandson of Peter Blake of Corbally Castle, County Galway (? – 1842, bur. Peter’s Well, County Galway) and wife (m. 14 May 1800) Mary Browne, daughter of The Hon. John Browne and wife Mary Cocks and paternal granddaughter of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont, and wife Anne Gore. He was included among the descendants the Blakes of Corbally Castle, Kilmoylan, County Galway, the descendants of Peter Blake (? – 1712), who was granted the lands of Corbally, Kilmoylan, County Galway, on 20 December 1697, and wife Magdeline Martin, the Blakes. Peter Blake was a son of Sir Richard Blake and wife Gyles Kirwan.
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