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Sir George Floyd Duckett, 3rd Baronet (1811–1902) was an English army officer, antiquarian and lexicographer. He wrote on his Duckett ancestry, his paternal grandfather having married a Duckett heiress.

Life

Born at 15

gentleman commoner of Christ Church, Oxford, he spent much time hunting, and left the university without a degree.[1]

Joining the

87th Fusiliers, and joined its depot in Dublin. He took leave to work on a book. On resuming his commission on full pay he was placed at the bottom of the captains' list of the reserve battalion of the 69th Regiment.[1]

On the death of his father on 15 June 1856 Duckett became the third baronet, and began to write as an antiquarian. He was elected

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 11 February 1869. In old age blindness put an end to his literary activities. He died at Cleeve House, Cleeve, Somerset, on 13 May 1902, at the age of 91, and was buried in the cemetery at Wells, Somerset.[1]

Works

In the later part of his military career, Duckett concentrated on the compilation of a Technological Military Dictionary, in German, English, and French. He obtained leave to visit the arsenals of Woolwich, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin; and to complete the book he retired on half-pay. It was published in the autumn of 1848, and its merits were recognised by gold medals from

Frederick William IV of Prussia, and Napoleon III. At home the book had little impact.[1]

In 1869 Duckett published Duchetiana, or Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Duket, from the Conquest to the Present Time (enlarged edit. 1874). In it he claimed descent from

officer of public instruction in France.[1]

Duckett published also contributions to local archæological societies, and:[1]

  • The Marches of Wales (Arch. Cambrensis), 1881.
  • Manorbeer Castle and its Early Owners (Arch. Cambrensis), 1882.
  • Brief Notices on Monastic and Ecclesiastical Costume, 1890.

He edited:[1]

  • Original Letters of the Duke of Monmouth, in the Bodleian Library (Camden Soc.), 1879;
  • The Sheriffs of Westmorland (Cumb. and Westm. Ant. and Arch. Soc.), 1879;
  • Evidences of Harewood Castle in Yorkshire (Yorksh. Arch. Jo.), 1881;
  • 'Description of the County of Westmorland, by
    Sir Daniel Fleming of Rydal
    (Cumb. and Westm. Ant. and Arch. Soc.), 1882;
  • Penal Laws and Test Act under James II (original returns to the commissioners' inquiries of 1687-8), 3 vols., privately printed, 1882–3;
  • Naval Commissioners, from 12 Charles II to 1 George III, 1660–1760, 1890;
  • Evidences of the Barri Family of Manorbeer and Olethan (Arch. Cambrensis), 1891.

He also translated from the German Mariolatry, Worship of the Virgin; the Doctrine refuted by Scripture (1892). Duckett in 1895 published his Anecdotal Reminiscences of an Octo-nonagenarian.[1]

Family

Duckett married on 21 June 1845 Isabella (d. 31 Dec. 1901), daughter of Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet. They had no issue, and the baronetcy became extinct.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Duckett, George Floyd" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Duckett, George Floyd". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baronet
(of Hartham House)
1856–1902 		Extinct
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