LC control no. | n 85112272 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Blood, Thomas, 1618?-1680 |
Variant(s) | Blood, Mr. (Thomas), 1618?-1680 |
Birth date | 1618? |
Death date | 1680-09-24 |
Found in | R.H. Remarks on the life and death of the fam'd Mr. Blood, 1680. DNB (Blood, Thomas, 1618?-1680; adventurer) American Bloods, 2023: CIP galley (Thomas Blood was born at Sarney in County Meath, twenty miles north of Dublin, in 1618, the youngest grandson of a wealthy pirate; made a justice of the peace in 1640; by the early 1650s, he was firmly ensconced in the Parliamentary army as a lieutenant; after a failed attempt to take Dublin Castle in 1663, Blood went on the run; later tried to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London; died August 24, 1680, and was buried in St. Margaret's Church in Westminster) |
Associated language | eng |