title: Francis Blake
text: # Francis Blake
  
  Francis or Frank Blake may refer to:
  
  ## Nobility
  
  * Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Twizell Castle (1709–1780), Northumbrian landowner
  * Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Twizell Castle (c. 1737–1818), Northumbrian landowner and political writer
  * Sir Francis Blake, 3rd Baronet, of Twizell Castle (c. 1774–1860), Northumbrian landowner and politician
  * Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Tillmouth Park (1856–1940), Member of Parliament
  * Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Tillmouth Park (1893–1950)
  
  ## Science and medicine
  
  * Francis Blake (telephone) (1850–1913), American engineer who improved the carbon microphone for telephone use
  * Francis Claude Blake (1867–?), British engineer
  * Francis Gilman Blake (1887–1952), American immunologist
  
  ## Others
  
  * Sir Francis Blake (1638–1718), Member of Parliament for Berwick-Upon-Tweed 1698–1701
  * Frank Blake (American football) (fl. 1907–1909), American football coach
  * Frank Blake (baseball) (1910–?), American baseball player
  * Frank Blake (born 1949), American businessman
  * Francis Blake, character from the comic series Blake and Mortimer
  