The Hon.ble William Blakeney Esq.r Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, Colonel of His Majesty's Iniskillin Regim.t of Foot & Lieutenant Governor of Minorca.
G. Chalmers Pinx.t Minorca 1755. J.s M.cArdell fecit. Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t 1756, by G Hawkins at Miltons head in Fleet street, London. Mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9"), with small margins. Repaired nicks and tears on tom margin, nick on top right corner. Half-length portrait of William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney (1672-1761), turned to face front, wearing uniform and short wig and holding a baton in his right hand. Lord Blakeney was an army officer and politician, born Limerick; lieutenant-general in 1747, and lieutenant-governor of Minorca; created KB and an Irish peer in 1756. MP for Kilmallock, 1725-57. Goodwin 50.II. CS 21.II.
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