Joseph Blake

Joseph Blake may refer to:

  • Joseph Blake (governor) (before 1665–after 1700), English colonial administrator; governor of South Carolina in 1694, and 1696–1700
  • Joseph Blake (criminal) (1700–1724), English highwayman remembered, following his hanging, in "Blueskin's Ballad" and other works
  • Joseph Blake, 1st Baron Wallscourt (1765–1803), Irish politician.
  • Joseph Blake, 3rd Baron Wallscourt (1797–1849), Irish nobleman and propagator of socialist philosophy, nephew of the above
  • Joseph Henry Blake (chess player) (1859–1951), English chess grandmaster, author of a chess primer (1900), and participant in many tournaments (1887–1926)
  • Joe Blake (1882–1931), English footballer with Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton

Famous quotes containing the word blake:

    When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do.
    —William Blake (1757–1827)