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William Blathwayt

(Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717)


Portrait of colonial secretary William Blathwayt (1649-1717)
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William Blathwayt (or Blathwayte) (1649 – 16 August 1717) was an English diplomat, public official and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1710. He established the War Office as a department of the British Government and played an important part in administering the English (later British) colonies of North America. (From Wikipedia)

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