A Naval Biographical Dictionary/De Blaquiere, William Barnard
DE BLAQUIERE. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
The Honourable William Barnard De Blaquiere, born 16 Dec. 1814, is second and youngest son of Lord De Blaquiere, by Lady Harriet Townshend, daughter of George first Marquess Townshend; brother of the Hon. John De Blaquiere, a Captain in the 3rd West India Regt.; and first cousin of the Earl of Orkney.
Thia officer passed his examination 3 Jan. 1838; and was afterwards employed, as Mate, in the Wellesley 72, bearing the broad pendant in the East Indies of Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and the Howe and Caledonia, flag-ships in the Mediterranean and at Devonvort of Sir Fras. Mason and Sir David Milne. He obtained his commission 23 Sept. 1844; and has been actively employed, since 4 Dec. in the same year, as Gunnery Lieutenant of the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, on the American and West India stations.