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unusual facts about Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet



Bibby Line

In 2002 Sir Derek Bibby, 2nd baronet, and great-great-grandson of the founder and past chairman and president of the firm, was aged 80 and terminally ill with leukemia.

Edward Blackett

Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet (1719–1804), baronet and member of the British House of Commons for Northumberland

Halton Castle, Northumberland

In 1757 Anne Douglas the heiress of Halton married Sir Edward Blackett and the castle remains a residence of the Blackett family.

Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet

Blackett was the eldest surviving son of William Blackett and his wife Elizabeth Kirkley.

Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet

In 1757 he married Anne Douglas, daughter of Oley Douglas and heiress of Matfen, Northumberland and was succeeded by their son William.


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