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Governor Nathaniel Blakiston and also his father Nathaniel Bladen who lobbied in his support to the Board of Trade in London. He held the post for just a few months but then he was required to step aside when it became known that Sir Thomas Lawrence Senior desired the post. William took up his appointment as Attorney-General to Maryland in January 1704 and held the post until his death in 1718.
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who was well known to the Bladen family. William's father was
Steward and Copley was a protégé of Danby's, having been his Lt. Governor in Hull and had enjoyed Danby's protection and patronage for many years. Copley took William along to assist with his legal and business matters but the new
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William married Anne van
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Descendants of daughter Anne Tasker (Bladen) would marry into the Carter, Ogle, Dulaney and
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the Earl of Danby, then later he was
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204:'Martin Bladen: A Biography' by Karen Proudler
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