In addition to the link via King Malcolm III of Scotland to President Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, outlined in the Blackett Family Tree page, links to s

Including Sir Robert Walpole, generally accepted as being (de facto) the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, 54 men and three women have held the office, nearly one quarter of them during the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

(For the links to Presidents of the United States please see the final paragraph of this page.)

At least one family of Blacketts lived in Buckinghamshire from the late 1400s in and around Bicester and Aylesbury and surrounding villages until at least the late 18th century. This line may descend from William Blaket, a miller, of Bicester, who was a defendant in the Court of Common Pleas in 1489 and 1490. However, we have not yet established a line of descent through parish records, so this line should be treated with care.