Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet (14 June 1657 – December 1705) was a landowner and politician who sat in the

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in three periods between 1685 and 1705. Wallington Hall 02

Blackett was the third son of Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Kirkly. He was left a fortune by his father in 1680 and followed his father's footsteps and became Mayor of

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in 1683. In 1685 Blackett became Member of Parliament for

and in the same year the Baronetcy of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was created for him. His elder brother

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inherited his father's title. Blackett was

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in 1688 and in 1689 he acquired large parts of the Allendale estate from the impoverished Sir John Fenwick. Here he developed considerable lead and coal mining interests. He also bought

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 ...

, Cambo,

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from Fenwick and substantially rebuilt it. He developed Wallington more as a shooting lodge and the main family seat remained in Newcastle, the house there being occupied until 1783. Blackett lost his seat in Parliament at Newcastle in 1690 and regained it in 1695. He lost the seat again in 1700 and was re-elected in 1705. He was esteemed a man of strict propriety and was distinguished as an orator in the House of Commons. Blackett married Julia Conyers, daughter of Sir Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baronet of Horden, in 1684 and was succeeded by their son

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