Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet
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Sir William Blackett (11 Dec 1690-25 Sept 1728) succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father in 1705.
He was educated at University College, Oxford and was Member of Parliament for Newcastle on Tyne 1710-1728.
He married Barbara Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, in 1725 but they had no children, and the Baronetcy became extinct upon his death. He bequeathed his estates at Allendale, Northumberland and Wallington Hall, Cambo to his nephew Sir Walter Calverley, 2nd Baronet of Calverley, conditional upon the latters marriage to Elizabeth Orde, Blacketts natural daughter and his change of name to Blackett.
