Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (11 February 1690 – 25 September 1728), of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Wallington Hall, Northumberland, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1710 to 1728.
[
Blackett was the son of William Blackett and his wife Julia Conyers. He was educated at ]University College, Oxford
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. On the death of his father in 1705, he succeeded to the baronetcy
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and to Wallington Hall
Wallington is a country house and gardens located about west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England, near the village of Cambo. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1942, after it was donated complete with the estate and farms by Sir Char ...
, Cambo Cambo may refer to:
*Cambo, Northumberland, a village in Northumberland, England
* Cambo camera, Dutch camera manufacturer
*Cambo Estate, historic house in Fife, Scotland
*Cambo-les-Bains, town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
* Cambo oil field, ...
.[
Blackett was elected ]Member of Parliament
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for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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in 1710, and retained the seat until 1728.
He was elected Mayor of Newcastle for 1718–19.
Blackett was a Jacobite but toned down his support after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He married Barbara Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Jersey
Earl of the Island of Jersey, usually shortened to Earl of Jersey, is a title in the Peerage of England held by a branch of the Villiers family, which since 1819 has been the Child-Villiers family.
History
It was created in 1697 for the sta ...
, in 1725. They had no children, although he had previously had an illegitimate daughter, Elizabeth Orde; the baronetcy became extinct upon his death. He bequeathed his estates at Allendale, Northumberland
Allendale, often marked on maps as ''Allendale Town'', is a village and civil parish in south west Northumberland, England. It is located within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
At the 2001 census, the parish had a populat ...
and Wallington Hall
Wallington is a country house and gardens located about west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England, near the village of Cambo. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1942, after it was donated complete with the estate and farms by Sir Char ...
, Cambo Cambo may refer to:
*Cambo, Northumberland, a village in Northumberland, England
* Cambo camera, Dutch camera manufacturer
*Cambo Estate, historic house in Fife, Scotland
*Cambo-les-Bains, town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
* Cambo oil field, ...
to his nephew Sir Walter Calverley, 2nd Baronet of Calverley, conditional upon the latter's marriage to Elizabeth Orde, Blackett's natural daughter and his change of name to 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 ...
.[Otherworld North East Research Society - The History of Walington Hall]
Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1733 (7 Geo. 2). c. 4
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1690 births
1728 deaths
Alumni of University College, Oxford
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne
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British MPs 1710–1713
British MPs 1713–1715
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