Entries for the tag ‘Blackett, William (1690-1728)’
2nd Baronet of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, landowner, Tory MP 1710-1728, Mayor of Newcastle 1718-19, cautious Jacobite. 
- 3 October 1715: Government agents arrive at Esholt Hall in search of Walter Calverley’s Jacobite brother-in-law, William Blackett
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Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.
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