John Brickdale Blakeway
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John Brickdale Blakeway (24 June 1765 – 10 March 1826) was an English barrister, cleric and topographer.
Life
The eldest son of Joshua Blakeway, of
On leaving university Blakeway entered
In 1794 Blakeway was presented by his uncle, the Rev. Edward Blakeway, to the ministry of the
Blakeway was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1807. From 1800 till 1816 he divided his time between Kinlet and Shrewsbury, but, finding it inconvenient to keep up two houses, he gave up Felton and Kinlet in that year, and thenceforward resided exclusively in his native town. He died at the Council House, Shrewsbury, on 10 March 1826 aged 60, and was buried in St. Mary's Church, where a monument, executed by John Carline, was erected to his memory.[1]
Works
Blakeway's works were:[1]
- An Attempt to ascertain the Author of the Letters published under the signature of Junius, Shrewsbury, 1813. Blakeway argued that the identity of Junius was John Horne Tooke.
- The Sequel of an Attempt to ascertain the Author of the Letters published under the signature of Junius, London, 1815.
- A History of Shrewsbury, 2 vols., London, 1825, with Hugh Owen.
- The Sheriffs of Shropshire, with their armorial bearings, and notices, biographical and genealogical, of their families, Shrewsbury, 1831.
- Sermons, and a tract on Regeneration.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
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- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Blakeway, John Brickdale". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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