Thomas Bligh (1654–1710)

Thomas Bligh (1654 – 28 August 1710) was an Irish politician.

Bligh was the son of William Bligh, a prosperous merchant of Plymouth. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[1]

He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Athboy, from 1692 to 1693, then for County Meath from 1695 to 1699 and 1703 to 1710.[2]

Around November 1706 he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland.[3]

Family edit

On 9 December 1682, he married Elizabeth Napier (died 21 March 1737), daughter of Colonel James Napier, with children including:

References edit

  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. 74: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
  3. ^ "Privy Council of Ireland". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Rt. Hon. Thomas Bligh". thepeerage.com.