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Blackett
Blackett or Blacket is a surname of English derivation. People * Andrea Blackett (born 1976), Barbadian athlete * Basil Phillott Blackett (1882–1935), British civil servant and finance expert * Basil Blackett (1886–1920), British WW1 flying ace *Christopher Blackett, British colliery and newspaper owner and railway innovator * Edmund Blacket (1817–1883), Australian architect *Hill Blackett (1892–1967), American radio advertising pioneer * Blackett baronets ** Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Matfen (1620–1680), businessman and MP ** Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet of Matfen (1649–1718), MP, builder of Newby Hall ** Sir Edward Blackett, 3rd Baronet (1683–1756), Royal Navy officer ** Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet of Matfen (1719–1804), MP ** Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle (1657–1705), MP **Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet of Newcastle (1690–1728), MP * Calverley-Blackett baronets ** Sir Walter Blackett, 2nd Baronet (born Calverley) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974) was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948. In 1925 he became the first person to prove that radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation of one chemical element to another. He also made a major contribution in World War II advising on military strategy and developing operational research. His left-wing views saw an outlet in third world development and in influencing policy in the Labour Government of the 1960s. Early life and education Blackett was born in Kensington, London, the son of Arthur Stuart Blackett, a stockbroker, and his wife Caroline Maynard. His younger sister was the psychoanalyst Marion Milner. His paternal grandfather Rev. Henry Blackett, brother of Edmund Blacket the Australian architect, was for many years vicar of Croydon. His maternal grandfather C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackett Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Blackett family, both in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2013. The Blackett family can be traced back to the Blacketts/Blakheveds of Woodcroft, County Durham, some of whom became highly successful in the lead and coal mining industries in Northumberland and County Durham. The Blackett Baronetcy, of Newcastle in the County of Northumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 December 1673 for William Blackett, Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Blackett was succeeded by his elder son, Edward, the second Baronet who represented Ripon and Northumberland in the House of Commons and built Newby Hall. William's third younger son William was created a baronet in his own right in 1685 (see below). The second Baronet's eldest surviving son, Edward, the third Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. He died childless in 1756 and was succeeded by his nephew, Edward, the fourth Baronet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Blackett, 3rd Baronet
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Blackett family, both in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2013. The Blackett family can be traced back to the Blacketts/Blakheveds of Woodcroft, County Durham, some of whom became highly successful in the lead and coal mining industries in Northumberland and County Durham. The Blackett Baronetcy, of Newcastle in the County of Northumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 December 1673 for William Blackett, Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Blackett was succeeded by his elder son, Edward, the second Baronet who represented Ripon and Northumberland in the House of Commons and built Newby Hall. William's third younger son William was created a baronet in his own right in 1685 (see below). The second Baronet's eldest surviving son, Edward, the third Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. He died childless in 1756 and was succeeded by his nephew, Edward, the fourth Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Blackett
Tyler Nathan Blackett (born 2 April 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays for Rotherham United as a left-back or centre-back. He began his career in the Manchester United youth academy in 2002, and has played on loan for Blackpool, Birmingham City and Celtic in the past. Born in Manchester, he is qualified to play for England, Barbados or Jamaica internationally. Club career Manchester United Blackett began his football career with youth club Fletcher Moss Rangers, and signed for Manchester United in 2002 at the age of 8. He signed a professional contract with United in July 2012. Blackpool (loan) On 1 November 2013, Blackett signed for Championship club Blackpool on a month-long loan. The next day, he made his debut for the Seasiders, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 1–0 league win at Nottingham Forest. On 5 December 2013, Blackpool extended Blackett's loan until 1 January 2014. Birmingham City (loan) On 31 January 2014, Blackett signed for Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Blackett
Christopher Blackett (1751 – 25 January 1829) owned the Northumberland colliery at Wylam that built ''Puffing Billy'', the first commercial adhesion steam locomotive. He was also the founding owner of ''The Globe'' newspaper in 1803. Life Blackett was born a Blackett of Wylam and the eldest son by the second marriage of John Blackett, a High Sheriff of Northumberland, whose family descended from Christopher Blackett, an elder brother of Sir William Blackett, and Alice Fenwick, sole heir of her father. In 1659 the coal-rich manor of Wylam passed by inheritance from the Fenwicks to Christopher Blackett (ancestor of article subject) and around 1748 the Wylam waggonway was constructed by John Blackett. This enabled coal to be transported five miles from Wylam colliery to the staithes at Lemington, then on the River Tyne. The Christopher Blackett of this article succeeded to the lordship of the Manor of Wylam and its collieries in 1800. Prior this he had been Postmaster o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Dawes Blackett
Mary Ann Dawes Blackett (fl. 1786-1791) was an English author of two collections of poetry and one book of conduct literature. Her ''Suicide; a poem'' (1789) addressed what was considered by foreigners and English alike to be a pressing national problem. Life The little that is known of Blackett's life comes mainly from the genealogical research of the Blackett family or from her own writings. Details of her birth and antecedents are unknown. She was likely married to one Thomas Blackett of Bloomsbury, though the records are not definitive. Her husband was probably a Roman Catholic as by her own account her only daughter, Catherine (born c. 1773?), was educated in a convent in Nice despite Blackett herself being Protestant.Blackett, Mary Dawes, ''The mointress; or, The Πconomy of female life. In a series of letters. From Mary Daws Blackett, to her daughter''. 1791. Based on references in her writings, it would appear that Blackett was widowed, and also suffered the loss of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Blackett
Vernive Hill Blackett (March 13, 1892 – December 6, 1967) was a radio daytime-advertising pioneer who played a major part in the development of the soap opera. Life Vernive Hill Blackett was born in Juneau, Alaska in 1892, the son of Charles S. Blackett, a lawyer and later a judge. His middle name derived from his mother, Alice R. Hill. At an early age he moved to Iowa to live with an uncle and aunt and in 1915 began his career with the advertising agency Lord & Thomas, now part of Draftfcb. In 1923, Blackett and John Glen Sample founded the Chicago advertising agency of Blackett & Sample, later renamed Blackett-Sample-Hummert after E. Frank Hummert joined it as a non-partner vice-president in 1927. Throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, Blackett-Sample-Hummert were responsible for a succession of radio drama series, mostly produced by Hummert and his assistant Anne Ashenhurst, whom Hummert later married, including '' Little Orphan Annie'', '' Just Plain Bill'' and '' Ma Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Blackett (RAF Officer)
Lieutenant Basil John Blackett (23 June 1886 – 22 April 1927) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories as an observer and rear gunner while serving in the Australian Imperial Force, seconded to the Royal Flying Corps. In late 1918 he resigned his Australian commission to join the Royal Air Force. Biography Blackett was born in Potters Bar, Middlesex,Service Record, p.1 and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.Service Record, p.6 Between 1900 and 1905, while at school, he served in the 2nd Bucks (Eton College) Volunteer Rifle Corps, attached to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, rising from private to colour sergeant. He joined the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps in 1907, and was transferred to the Ceylon Mounted Rifles in 1909, serving as private and trooper.Service Record, p.4 On the outbreak of World War I Blackett was 28 years old and working in Australia as a racehorse trainer and jockey. On 11 August 1914 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, Of Matfen
Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet (May 1621 – 16 May 1680) was a businessman who founded a mercantile and industrial base in Newcastle and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1673 to 1680. Early life Blackett was the third son of William Blackett and his wife Isabella Crook and was born in Gateshead. His father, was a successful businessman at Jarrow and Gateshead and retired to Hoppyland, County Durham. Blackett was apprenticed to a merchant at Newcastle in 1636 and became merchant trading with Denmark. The following story about him was printed in the ''Newcastle Daily Journal'' of 18 April 1893. "Sir William, soon after he commenced business risked his little all in a speculation in flax, and having freighted a large vessel with that article received the unpleasant intelligence that the flax fleet had been dispersed in a storm, and most of the vessels either lost or captured by the enemy. He took his accustomed walk next morning, ruminating on his loss, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, Of Newcastle
Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet (May 1621 – 16 May 1680) was a businessman who founded a mercantile and industrial base in Newcastle and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1673 to 1680. Early life Blackett was the third son of William Blackett and his wife Isabella Crook and was born in Gateshead. His father, was a successful businessman at Jarrow and Gateshead and retired to Hoppyland, County Durham. Blackett was apprenticed to a merchant at Newcastle in 1636 and became merchant trading with Denmark. The following story about him was printed in the ''Newcastle Daily Journal'' of 18 April 1893. "Sir William, soon after he commenced business risked his little all in a speculation in flax, and having freighted a large vessel with that article received the unpleasant intelligence that the flax fleet had been dispersed in a storm, and most of the vessels either lost or captured by the enemy. He took his accustomed walk next morning, ruminating on his loss, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Phillott Blackett
Sir Basil Phillott Blackett (8 January 1882 – 15 August 1935) was a British civil servant and expert on international finance. Biography Blackett was the eldest son of Rev. William Blackett, a missionary and educationalist in India and his wife Grace Phillott. He was born in Calcutta and educated at Marlborough College. At Marlborough, he injured his leg badly, and while he recuperated, he spent some time in Germany and acquired a lifelong interest in the country. He then went to University College, Oxford on a scholarship. Basil Blackett entered the civil service in 1904 and chose the Treasury, instead of the Indian Service, as he had originally intended. He was in the financial division and was secretary to the Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency (1913–1914) when the First World War broke out. He went to America for the first time in October 1914 in connection with foreign exchange matters and was made a Companion of the Bath (CB) in the 1915 New Year H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackett (engineer)
John Blackett (8 October 1818 – 8 January 1893) was a New Zealand engineer. Blackett was born and educated in Newcastle upon Tyne. The son of a coal agent, he was a pupil with Messrs. R and W Hawthorn, engineers, 1834–41; draughtsman and office engineer to the Great Western Steamship Company, 1841–44; head engineer in iron shipbuilding and railway work with T. R. Guppy, A.I.C.E., 1844–46; engineer to the Governor and Company of Copper Mines in England at Cwm Avon, South Wales, 1846–48. From 1848 to 1851 he practised privately as an engineer in England. In 1851 he emigrated to New Zealand, initially to New Plymouth. In 1859 he was appointed Provincial Engineer at Nelson. From April to June 1867, Blackett was appointed onto the Executive of the Nelson Provincial Council. There were attempts to persuade Blackett to stand for election as Superintendent, but he did not consent. Under Sir Julius Vogel's great Public Works policy he was responsible for road construction th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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