William Bladen (1672–1718) was an English-born Attorney-General in Maryland, in what is now the United States, and briefly Secretary of that Province.
[5] Copley took William along to assist with his legal and business matters but the new Governor died within a year.
[7] In April 1701, following the death of the previous incumbent Mr Thomas Lawrence Jnr, William petitioned the Council of Trade and Plantations in June to be considered as Secretary to the Colony[8] and had the support of Governor Nathaniel Blakiston[9] and also his father Nathaniel Bladen who lobbied in his support to the Board of Trade in London.
Anne was the daughter of Dutch immigrant Garrett van Swearingen and Mary Smith.
[12] They had several children including: Descendants of daughter Anne Tasker (Bladen) would marry into the Carter, Ogle, Dulaney and Lowndes families, many of whom would hold high political office in Maryland Descendants of son Thomas Bladen (via daughter Harriet) would marry into the Capel family – Earls of Essex.