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Blackett, Walter, 1707-1777
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1707-1777
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BLACKETT, SIR WALTER, BART., only son of Sir Walter Calverley, Bart., Calverley, Yorks., and Julia, eldest dau. of Sir William Blackett, Bart., MP, Wallington, Northumberland; b. 18 Dec 1707; adm. Oct. 1717; in under school list 1720; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1723/4; his marriage brought him the Wallington estate, together with the business and coal trade interests of the Blackett family; Alderman, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1729, Mayor 1735, 1748, 1756, 1764, 1771; High Sheriff, Northumberland, 1731; assumed surname of Blackett 1733; MP Newcastle upon Tyne from 1734; succ. father as 2nd baronet 15 Oct 1749; m. 29 Sep 1729 Elizabeth Orde, natural dau. of his uncle Sir William Blackett, Bart., MP; d. 14 Feb 1777.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.