A petition to deny Blair his knighthood has already soared past half a million signatures.
Hilary McGrady said the tranche of anonymous threats "come with the territory".
He is tied along with shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper according to a survey by DeltaPoll released over the weekend.
The Change.org petition, set up three days ago, claims he is "personally responsible" for causing the death of civilians and servicemen.
Jo Maugham QC, founder of the Good Law Project, said: “It’s entirely wrong for ministers and special advisers to be given de facto the option of deleting, when convenient, all records held on their phones."
By his logic, a knighthood for Boris Johnson could also be in the offing following his tenure.
Media law expert David Banks suggested the removal of the account could be down to copyright issues.
There's a "ridiculous report from some lobby group that says the price of food will go up - it will go down", Jacob Rees-Mogg said in 2016.
If the results were repeated in a General Election it could lead to the loss of more than 100 Tory seats.
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