Nehemiah Blakiston

{{short description|American politician}}

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|name= Nehemiah Blakiston

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|order = 2nd Leader of the Protestant Associators of Maryland

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|term_start = 1691

|term_end = 1692

|predecessor = John Coode

|successor = Sir Lionel Copley (1st Royal Governor)

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|profession = Colonial governor

|relatives = Nathaniel Blakiston, John Blakiston

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Nehemiah Blakiston was Governor of the Maryland colony from 1691 to 1692. He became Governor as the 2nd Leader of the Protestant Associators, succeeding John Coode, who has taken control of the colony, following the 1688 Glorious Revolution, in England. Blakiston was succeeded by the first Governor with an official royal appointment, Lionel Copley. He was related to Nathaniel Blakiston. He died between August 25, 1693, and December 11, 1693.{{Cite magazine |last=Johnston |first=Christopher |date=1907 |title=Blakistone Family |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tS4XAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Nehemiah+Blakiston%22+1693&pg=PA58 |magazine=Maryland Historical Magazine |volume=2 |issue=1 |page=58 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}