Charles Henry Blake (1794–1872) was a British indigo planter and industrialist in India, who became a property developer and railway company director in London.
[3] Employing capital from his Indian ventures, Blake bought land in London's Notting Hill neighbourhood.
[6] Blake made little or nothing on his initial property investments, handled to begin with through his solicitor; and he took losses on railway speculation in 1854–5.
[7] He survived the property market upheavals of the late 1850s, though selling his Kensington Park Gardens house to tide himself over.
He ultimately prospered in the 1860s by exploiting the opportunity of the new Hammersmith & City line, in which he invested and acted as a director.