• Susanna Blamire (Aunt)
• John Christian Curwen (Uncle)

William Blamire (13 April 1790 – 12 January 1862)^[1] was a British landowner, civil servant, and Whig politician.

Background and education

Blamire was born at The Oaks, Dalston, England, to a family that originated in Cumberland. He was the eldest son of the naval surgeon William Blamire,^[2] and Jane, the third daughter of John Christian and sister of the politician John Christian Curwen.^[2] The Cumberland poet Susanna Blamire was his aunt.^[2] William was baptised in Dalston by the philosopher William Paley, the vicar there.^[3] He was privately tutored at Carlisle, and subsequently, from 1805 to 1808, educated at Westminster School, and, from 1808 to 1811,^[4] at Christ Church, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1811.^[5]

Career

Blamire was a Cumberland farmer who served as High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1828.^[6] He entered the British House of Commons in 1831 as MP for Cumberland,^[6] as which he served until the constituency was abolished the following year, after which he stood successfully for the new constituency that replaced it, East Cumberland.^[6] Blamire resigned as Member of Parliament in 1836, when, after the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 he was appointed the first Chief Tithe Commissioner.^[11] The Commission reported in 1851 and triggered various new acts and reforms.^[7] Blamire retired in 1860.^[8]

Family

In 1834, Blamire married his cousin Dorothy.^[14] She was the youngest daughter of John Taubman and the widow of Mark Wilks, who had governed Saint Helena during the time of Napoleon's exile there.^[9] Blamire's wife died in 1857:^[10] he survived her, for five years, until 1862.^[11] Several months after his death, a prize in his name was endowed for achievements in agriculture.^[12]

Notes

References

• {{cite book | last = Burke | first = Sir Bernhard | title = A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | publisher = Harrison | location = London | volume = vol. I | year = 1862 }}
• {{cite book | last = Walford | first = Edward | title = The County Families of the United Kingdom | year = 1860 | publisher = Robert Hardwicke | location = London }}
• {{cite book | last = Maycock | first = Christopher Hugh | title = A Passionate Poet: Susanna Blamire, 1747–94 | year = 2003 | publisher = Hypatia Publications | ISBN = 1-872229-42-5 | location = London }}
• {{cite book | last = Sylvanus | first = Urban | title = The Gentleman's Magazine | location = London | publisher = John Henry and James Parker | year = 1862 | volume = part I }}
• {{cite book | last = Lonsdale | first = Henry | title = The Worthies of Cumberland | location = London | publisher = George Routledge and Sons | year = 1867 | volume = vol. I }}

Attribution

External links

• {{hansard-contribs | mr-william-blamire | William Blamire }}