Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet
Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet | |
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Born | George Jackson 24 October 1725 |
Died | 22 December 1822 | (aged 97)
Occupation(s) | Administrator, politician |
Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet (24 October 1725 – 22 December 1822) was a British naval administrator and politician.
Born George Jackson, probably in Yorkshire, the third but oldest surviving son of George Jackson (1687/8–1758) of Hill House, Richmond, Yorkshire, and Ellerton Abbey, Yorkshire, and Hannah, daughter of William Ward of Guisborough, Yorkshire.[1] He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis from 1786 to 1788, and for Colchester from 1790 to 1796.[2] He was created a baronet on 21 June 1791.[3]
Jackson was made Deputy Secretary to
He was a friend and patron of Captain James Cook. In his honour, Captain Cook named both Cape Jackson in New Zealand, and Port Jackson in New South Wales, Australia.[5] He was interested in improving inland waterways,[2] and was sole proprietor of the Stort Navigation in Hertfordshire.
He married firstly in 1745 his cousin Mary Ward (d.1754), and they had three sons and three daughters.[2] Secondly, on 9 September 1775 at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, he married Grace Neale (c.1750–1798), widow of Robert Neale and granddaughter of George Duckett (MP for Calne), with whom he had a son, George (born 1777). In 1797 under the terms of the will of her uncle Thomas Duckett, Sir George assumed, by Royal Licence, the name and arms of that family, becoming Sir George Duckett,[6] 1st Baronet. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son George.
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14524. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c Drummond, Mary M. "JACKSON, George (1725-1822), of Hartham House, Corsham, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "No. 13318". The London Gazette. 21 June 1791. p. 363.
- ISBN 0485171449.
- JSTOR 3716874.
- ^ "No. 13979". The London Gazette. 14 February 1797. p. 145.
External links
- Sir George Duckett – Bishop's Stortford Tourist Information Centre