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]

  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. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 1 June 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  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