Christopher Blackett (politician)

Christopher Blackett (23 October 1787 – 16 January 1847)[1] was a British politician from Northumberland.

The son of colliery owner Christopher Blackett (1751–1829), his family had lived for centuries at Wylam near Newcastle upon Tyne.[2]

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Bere Alston from 1830 to 1831,[3] and for South Northumberland, 1837–1841.[1]

His eldest son John (1821–1856) was also an MP.[2] His second son Montagu was president of the Oxford Union in 1848 as a student of Christ Church, Oxford.[4][5][6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
2. ^ a b Jenkins, Terry (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). Blackett, Christopher (1787-1847), of Wylam Hall, Northumb. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
4. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry 1879, p. 138
5. ^ The Oxford Union 1823-1923, p. 313
6. ^ "Blackett, Montagu", Alumni Oxoniensis, p. 117

## External links[edit]

* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Christopher Blackett

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Percy Ashburnham
George, Lord Lovaine

|  Member of Parliament for Bere Alston
1830 – 1831
With:  George, Lord Lovaine to January 1831
David Lyon from January 1831  | Succeeded by

Algernon, Lord Lovaine
David Lyon

Preceded by

Matthew Bell
Thomas Wentworth Beaumont

|  Member of Parliament for South Northumberland
1837 – 1841
With:  Matthew Bell | Succeeded by

Saville Craven Henry Ogle
Matthew Bell

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