Blackett

For other uses, see Blackett (disambiguation).

Blackett or Blacket is a surname of English derivation.

People

• Andrea Blackett (born 1976), Barbadian athlete
• Basil Phillott Blackett (1882–1935), British civil servant and finance expert
• Basil Blackett (1886–1920), British WW1 flying ace
• Christopher Blackett, British colliery and newspaper owner and railway innovator
• Edmund Blacket (1817–1883), Australian architect
• Hill Blackett (1892–1967), American radio advertising pioneer
• Blackett baronets
  • Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Matfen (1620–1680), businessman and MP
  • Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet of Matfen (1649–1718), MP, builder of Newby Hall
  • Sir Edward Blackett, 3rd Baronet (1683–1756), Royal Navy officer
  • Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet of Matfen (1719–1804), MP
  • Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle (1657–1705), MP
  • Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet of Newcastle (1690–1728), MP
• Calverley-Blackett baronets
  • Sir Walter Blackett, 2nd Baronet (born Calverley), MP
• Jamie Blackett (born 1964), British politician, landowner, author and freelance columnist
• Jeff Blackett (born 1955), British Royal Navy office and judge
• John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett (1821–1856), British politician
• John Erasmus Blackett (1729–1814), British businessman and Mayor of Newcastle
• John Blackett (1818–1893), New Zealand engineer
• Joseph Blacket (d. 1810), poet
• Lee Blackett (born 1982), English rugby player and coach
• Lindsay Blackett (born 1961), Canadian politician
• Mary Dawes Blackett (fl. 1786–1791), British writer
• Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett (1897–1974), British experimental physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• Ralph Beattie Blacket (1919–2010), Australian physician
• Shane Blackett (born 1982), English footballer
• Tyler Blackett (born 1994), English footballer
• Vivien Blackett (born 1955), English artist
• Blackett of Wylam, a family

Fictional characters

• Nancy Blackett and Peggy Blackett, Swallows and Amazons
• Sergeant Blackitt, Z-Cars

Further reading

• Kirtley, Allan, Longbottom, Patricia, Blackett, Martin (2013). A History of the Blacketts. The Blacketts. ISBN   978-0-9575675-0-4.

External links

• Media related to Blackett (surname) at Wikimedia Commons
• The Blacketts of North East England