Sir George Duckett, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1777 – 15 June 1856) was a British landowner and politician.

Biography

He was born George Jackson, the only surviving son of George Jackson, who adopted the surname of Duckett on 3 February 1797. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the West Essex militia in 1797, and was promoted to captain in 1798, major in 1804 and lieutenant-colonel in 1805. In

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he was elected Member of Parliament for

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, replacing his brother-in-law Sir Harry Burrard Neale. In

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he was returned for Plympton Erle, but he retired later the same year. On 15 December 1822 he succeeded to his father's

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. His inheritance included the tolls on the

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, but he invested poorly, as a partner in the bank of Duckett, Morland and Co., and in the unsuccessful Hertford Union Canal. He sold the family estate of

Hartham House Hartham House was a country house at Hartham Park, Hartham, Wiltshire, England, standing next to Hartham Park, north-west of the town of Corsham. During the Tudor and Civil War periods it was owned by the Duckett family, among whom were several m ...

in 1825 and was declared bankrupt in 1832.P. A. Symonds
DUCKETT, George (1777-1856), of Upper Grosvenor Street, Mdx.
in ''

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: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (1986). On his death he was succeeded in the title by his only son George Floyd Duckett.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duckett, George 1777 births 1856 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School British Militia officers Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain High sheriffs of Hertfordshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Lymington Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Plympton Erle UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818