Blackleg Miner is a 19th-century English folk song, originally from Northumberland (as can be deduced from the dialect in the song and the references in it to the villages of Seghill and Seaton Delaval).
In 1716 he purchased for £5000 the forfeited estate of the Shafto family at Bavington Hall, Northumberland, and in 1718 he bought the ancient seat of the Delaval family at Seaton Delaval from his impoverished cousin, Sir John Delaval, 3rd Baronet.
He was created a baronet, of Seaton Delaval in the County of Northumberland, in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1761, and in 1783 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Delaval, of Redford in the County of Wicklow.
In 1936, the Tynemouth Volunteers also provided the men to form the new 64th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, RA (TA), consisting of the 179th and 180th (Tynemouth) AA batteries at North Shields and Seaton Delaval respectively.
Seaton | Seaton Delaval | Seaton, Devon | James Seaton Reid | Seaton Burn | John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton | Sir John Delaval, 3rd Baronet | Seaton, Illinois | Jean Seaton | Edward Elers Delaval Henderson | William Winston Seaton | Seaton Village | Seaton, Cumbria | Sandra Seaton | John Delaval, 1st Baron Delaval | George Delaval |
Seaton Delaval Hall was built in 1721 and was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, who also designed Blenheim Palace.