Edward BlackettAge: 26 years1797–1824
- Name
- Edward Blackett
- Surname
- Blackett
- Given names
- Edward
| Birth | 14 October 1797 46 39 |
| Christening | 15 January 1798 (Age 3 months) |
| Birth of a brother | John Alexander (Rev.) Blackett 20 January 1803 (Age 5 years) |
| Christening of a brother | John Alexander (Rev.) Blackett 27 October 1803 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Crosby 23 October 1805 (Age 8 years) |
| Burial of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Crosby 27 October 1805 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Blackett 23 September 1811 (Age 13 years) |
| Death | 19 July 1824 (Age 26 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Christopher Blackett Birth: before 28 June 1751 38 29 — Ovingham, Nthmd. Death: 25 January 1829 — Wylam Hall, Nthmd. |
| mother |
Alice Ingham Birth: before 28 October 1757 29 32 — Whitby, Yorks. Death: 25 August 1831 — Wylam Hall, Nthmd. |
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Marriage: 15 February 1779 — St. Andrew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nthmbd. |
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10 months elder sister |
Alice Elizabeth Blackett Birth: 1779 27 21 Death: December 1779 — Northumberland |
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2 years elder sister |
Alice Blackett Birth: 28 January 1781 29 23 — Wylam, Nthmd. Death: 6 January 1837 — Hamsterley Hall, Rowlands Gill, Ebchester, Co. Durham |
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3 years elder brother |
John Blackett Birth: before 30 July 1783 32 25 — Northumberland Death: March 1786 |
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11 months elder sister |
Elizabeth Blackett Birth: 20 June 1784 32 26 — Westgate Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland Death: 19 November 1856 — Wylam, Nthmd. |
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3 years elder brother |
Christopher Blackett Birth: 22 June 1787 35 29 — Northumberland Death: 16 January 1847 — Westoe, Nthmd. |
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3 years elder sister |
Dorothy Christian Blackett Birth: 21 June 1790 38 32 — Northumberland Death: 1 November 1851 — Wylam, Nthmd. |
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23 months elder sister |
Jane Blackett Birth: 21 May 1792 40 34 — Northumberland Death: 14 May 1825 — Wylam, Nthmd. |
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16 months elder brother |
William Fenwick Blackett Birth: 14 September 1793 42 35 — Newcastle Upon Tyne, Nthmd. Death: 20 June 1868 — Newton Hall, Nthmd. |
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17 months elder sister |
Mary Blackett Birth: 8 February 1795 43 37 Death: 23 September 1811 |
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1 year elder brother |
Thomas Blackett Birth: 7 February 1796 44 38 — Northumberland Death: January 1797 — Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nthmd. |
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20 months himself |
Edward Blackett Birth: 14 October 1797 46 39 Death: 19 July 1824 — Zante, Greece |
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5 years younger brother |
John Alexander (Rev.) Blackett Birth: 20 January 1803 51 45 — Wylam, Nthmd. Death: 10 July 1865 — Whitfield, Nthmd. |
| Note | 5th son of Christopher Blacket (Postmaster, native of Wylam in the parish of Ovingham) by his wife Alice Brigham[sic] (daughter of William Brigham[sic], native of Whitby, Yorks.)
Midshipman in the Royal Navy. Served on HMS Hotspur 1810 -1815 and on HMS Alert 1816-1817.
Addition to Surtees tree shows him as dying on his return home from Greece 18 Jul 1824.
While in Greece during its war of independence he was an acquaintance of Lord Byron, who advanced him a loan of 50 dollars and provided him with pills while he was ill. |