Daniel Blagrave

Daniel Blagrave
Born	1603 Berkshire, England
Died	1668, aged 65 Aachen, Germany

Daniel Blagrave (1603–1668) was a prominent resident of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. He was Member of Parliament for the Parliamentary Borough of Reading over several periods between 1640 and 1660, and was also one of the signatories of King Charles I's death warrant.

Daniel Blagrave was educated at Reading School and trained to be a lawyer. Daniel Blagrave's uncle was the mathematician John Blagrave of Southcote Manor, in what is now the Reading suburb of Southcote, and Daniel inherited the manor on John's death. In 1643 he permitted the Earl of Essex to use the manor as the Roundhead headquarters during the Siege of Reading. He was Recorder of Reading from 1645 to 1656 and again from 1658.

During the Commonwealth, Daniel Blagrave held various commissions and posts, and is said to have become a very wealthy man as a consequence.

On the restoration of King Charles II, Daniel Blagrave fled the country and settled at Aachen, in what is now Germany, where he died in 1668.

References

• Web page http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/dblagrave.html, retrieved 23:00 January 16, 2005 GMT.

Trivia

There is a public house called the Blagrave Arms in Blagrave Street, Reading.

In Tilehurst (a suburb of Reading) lies Blagrave Nursery.

One of the University of Reading halls of residence, Bulmershe Court, has a house named Blagrave.

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Name	Blagrave, Daniel
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Date of birth	1603
Place of birth	Berkshire, England
Date of death	1668
Place of death	Aachen, Germany