Blake baronets of Twizell Castle (1774)

The Blake baronetcy, of Twizell Castle in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 25 May 1774 for Francis Blake, a collateral descendant of the 1st Baronet of the first creation. He inherited, with other property, the ruined Twizell Castle.

The 3rd Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed. The title became extinct on his death in 1860.

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