Talk:Valentine Blacker
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Inconsistencies[edit]
Various sources give a range of vital statistics and names for Colonel Blacker, Lt.-Col. Blacker, William Blacker, and Valentine Blacker. The poem widely attributed, "Oliver's Advice," is also known as "Cromwell's Advice."
The best discussion of the inconsistencies is here. Jokestress (talk) 23:00, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Discussion moved from Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/1919 Bartlett's Quotations[edit]
- Colonel Blacker (1777-1855), aka William Blacker and Valentine Blacker, author of "Oliver's Advice" [1]
- I believe this is Valentine Blacker (at least, that's the spelling in the 1919 Bartlett's). bd2412 T 22:29, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Valentine may be a separate person to whom the poem was misattributed. Those birth/death dates above are given in several sources. Jokestress (talk) 22:33, 30 November 2008 (UTC)It appears you are correct, and I have it misspelled above.- We aren't the first to puzzle over this inconsistency. Maybe two people, but likely not. Jokestress (talk) 22:51, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
- I'm thinking it may actually be two different people, perhaps relatives. I have found some evidence suggested a Valentine Blacker as ancestor of a later William Blacker. bd2412 T 23:50, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
- And they're listed separately here - brothers? Cousins? One went to India, one stayed home? bd2412 T 23:54, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
William Blacker[edit]
As is often the case with pseudonymous authors, there may have been some misattribution. Burke gives St. John Blacker as father of five sons (and four daughters, though I'll just list sons):
- Samuel (born 1771)
- Maxwell (born 1773)
- William (born 1776)
- Valentine (born 1778, died 1823)
- St. John (1786)
Full entry (public domain): William, of Armagh, b. 1776; M.R.I.A.; d.s.p. 20 October 1850." MRIA is Member of the Royal Irish Academy. d.s.p. is decessit sine prole (died without children). Source: John Burke, Bernard Burke, Peter Townend, ed. (1875). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Colburn (p. 103). On this evidence I will set up a separate article for William and then sort out who wrote what. Jokestress (talk) 21:58, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
William Blacker, brother vs. distant relative[edit]
This "Colonel Blacker" attribution is a complicated and confusing mystery that has bothered me for years. Based on further research, it appears that while Valentine Blacker had a brother named William Blacker, the William Blacker who published some popular writings was in fact his distant relative - their grandfathers were half-brothers. This is laid out in Burke's Peerage, pages 103 and 104. For our purposes, the key info is:
- Valentine Blacker (born 1597) had two sons:
- GEORGE Blacker
- Robert Blacker
- WILLIAM Blacker = Elizabeth (1st wife) - not the author - see below
- Stewart Blacker (born 1671) = Elizabeth
- William (born 1709) - not the author - see below
- Stewart (born 1740)
- William Blacker (1777 - 1855) this is the author
- George
- Stewart
- James-Stewart
- Letitia
- Sophia
- Eliza
- Louisa
- Caroline
- William - not the author - see above
- Henry
- George
- Eliza
- Barbara
- Martha
- Alicia
- Jane
- Letitia
- Lucinda
- Latham
- Henry
- George
- Barbara
- WILLIAM Blacker = Theodosia (2nd wife) - not the author - see below
- Samuel Blacker
- St. John Blacker (born 1743) = Grace (1st wife)
- Samuel Blacker (born 1771)
- Maxwell Blacker (born 1773)
- William Blacker (born 1773) - not the author - see below
- Valentine Blacker (born 1778) our author and namesake of the founder of their ancestral home
- St. John Blacker (born 1786)
- Mary
- Catherine
- Grace
- Charlotte
I have updated both articles accordingly. I encourage others to check my work. Jokestress (talk) 10:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)