Anthony Keck (1708 – 29 May 1767)
was an English politician.
Early life
He was born the second son of John Tracy of
Stanway House, Gloucestershire and Anne (
née
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Atkins) Tracy.
His mother was the only daughter of
Sir Robert Atkins of Saperton,
Chief Baron of the Exchequer. His father was the only surviving son of Hon. Ferdinando Tracy (third son of
John Tracy, 3rd Viscount Tracy) and Catherine Keck (eldest daughter of
Sir Anthony Keck MP and
Commissioner of the Great Seal
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).
Career
He succeeded to the Keck estates at
Great Tew
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in Oxfordshire of his great-uncle Francis Keck in 1729, adopting the name of Keck according to a condition of the bequest. From 1744 he lived at
Richmond House in Twickenham.
[ ]
A protégé of the
Duke of Marlborough
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,
he was a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Woodstock
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from 1753 to 1767.
Personal life
He had married well in 1736 to
Lady Susan Hamilton
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(1706–1753), the daughter of
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and Hon. Elizabeth Gerard (only daughter and heiress of
Digby Gerard, 5th Baron Gerard).
Together, they had two daughters:
* Henrietta Charlotte Tracy (1740/1–1817), who married
Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford in 1774.
[
* Susan Tracy (d. 1835), who married ]Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho
Francis Wemyss Charteris, Lord Elcho (31 January 1749 – 20 January 1808) was a Scottish nobleman and member of parliament.
Life
He was the only son of Francis Charteris, second son of James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss. The fifth Earl's elde ...
, a grandson of James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss
James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss (30 August 169921 March 1756) was the son of David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss.
On 17 September 1720, he married Janet Charteris, heiress of the great Colonel Francis Charteris, and they had four children:
* Dav ...
, in 1771.[ he died of apoplexy at Epsom races in 1767 when his horse won a race.]
References
1708 births
1767 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1747–1754
British MPs 1754–1761
British MPs 1761–1768
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