Peter Blake , of Ballylehan. Issue. Poss. related Tropical Agriculturalist report 4/4. Vol 24, No 1, 1 Jul 1904, pp 1-2: His Excellency Sir Henry [Arthur] BLAKE, GCMG, Governor of Ceylon. [Born in 1840, son of Peter Blake Esq of the Irish Constabulary. Educated at Kilkenny Academy & at Santry College. In 1859 entered Royal Irish Constabulary, appointed a Resident Magistrate in 1876, & Governor of the Bahamas in 1884. Appointed Governor of Ceylon in 1903]:
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