He was the oldest son of Christopher Blackett, a Member of Parliament representing Northumberland South.
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He was noted for his regular and punctual attendance to Parliament, but constant hard work wore him out and he retired in 1856, moving to continental Europe to try and regain some energy, dying at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, France.
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John Blackett (died 1714) was the son of John (above), grandson of Christopher Blackett of Hoppyland (1612-1675) and the greatnephew of Sir William Blackett.
Blackett was born a Blackett of Wylam and the eldest son by the second marriage of John Blackett, a High Sheriff of Northumberland, whose family descended from Christopher Blackett, an elder brother of Sir William Blackett, and Alice Fenwick, sole heir of her father.