The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Blanshard, Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry Blanshard was a wealthy English merchant, and the father of Governor Richard Blanshard.1 According to the minutes of this despatch, Blanshard had sent a letter to Merivale to request that his son be allowed to return to England due to Richard's deteriorating health and continual attacks of ague.
1. James E. Hendrickson,Blanshard, RichardDictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
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