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    Christopher Blackett (c. 1751 – 25 January 1829) owned the Northumberland colliery at Wylam that built Puffing Billy, the first commercial adhesion steam...
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  • Christopher Blackett (23 October 1787 – 16 January 1847) was a British politician from Northumberland. The son of colliery owner Christopher Blackett...
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    enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne, in the United...
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    before George Stephenson produced his first locomotive Blücher. Christopher Blackett as lord of the manor in the first 30 years of the 19th century provided...
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    Charles Pelham Mulvany, Christopher Blackett Robinson (1885). History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario. C. Blackett Robinson. p. 185.{{cite book}}:...
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  • British civil servant and finance expert Basil Blackett (1886–1920), British WW1 flying ace Christopher Blackett, British colliery and newspaper owner and...
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  • 2013 to 2020. Blackett has been a member of the Royal Company of Archers since 2012. Blackett is a direct descendant of Christopher Blackett of Wylam Hall...
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  • and heir of Richard Errington. John Blackett (died 1714) was the son of John (above), grandson of Christopher Blackett of Hoppyland (1612-1675) and the great-nephew...
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    This was followed in 1813 by the locomotive Puffing Billy built by Christopher Blackett and William Hedley for the Wylam Colliery Railway, the first successful...
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  • Trevithick's model at Gateshead for Mr Smith. This is demonstrated to Christopher Blackett who refuses it for reasons of excess weight. 1804 (1804): Arthur...
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  • Blackett-Ord is an English surname. Rev. John Alexander Blackett (1803–1865), Rector of Wolsingham and youngest son of Christopher Blackett, was the first...
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    Henry Percy 1820–1825 Percy Ashburnham 1825–1830 Christopher Blackett 1830 Succeeded by Christopher Blackett David Lyon Political offices Preceded by The...
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    to slip, it would be counteracted by the other. The mine owner, Christopher Blackett had just replaced the wooden waggonway with iron flanged 'L' section...
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    Timothy took over his father's position. Since 1804, the mine owner, Christopher Blackett had been investigating the possibilities of working the mine's short...
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    This was followed in 1813 by the locomotive Puffing Billy built by Christopher Blackett and William Hedley for the Wylam Colliery Railway, the first successful...
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    enginewright, Jonathan Forster, and engineer Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery. The wagon way was used for hauling...
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    Print. Adam, Graeme Mercer; Mulvany, Charles Pelham; Robinson, Christopher Blackett (1885). "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario: Containing...
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    (130 ft) length of railway outside the museum.[citation needed] Christopher Blackett, proprietor of the Wylam colliery near Newcastle, heard of the success...
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  • John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett (1821 – 25 April 1856) was a British politician. He was the oldest son of Christopher Blackett, a Member of Parliament...
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    went to work as a book-keeper in a counting house in London run by Christopher Blackett, a relative of Sir Edward. He contracted smallpox in London, and...
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    was built circa 1815 by William Hedley and Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam colliery, west of Newcastle upon Tyne. Wylam...
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    May 1845". Adam, Graeme Mercer; Mulvany, Charles Pelham; Robinson, Christopher Blackett (1885). History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario: Containing...
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    Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by Christopher Blackett David Lyon Member of Parliament for Bere Alston 1831 – 1832 With: David Lyon Constituency...
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    Bell Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Matthew Bell Christopher Blackett Personal details Born (1792-11-05)5 November 1792 Old Burlington...
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  • 5 July 1841 – 19 July 1852 Serving with Matthew Bell Preceded by Christopher Blackett Matthew Bell Succeeded by Wentworth Beaumont Henry Liddell Personal...
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    Billy and Wylam Dilly. Through the Wylam colliery and its owner Christopher Blackett, Hedley would have been familiar with Trevithick's engine. Timothy...
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    Wentworth Beaumont Whig Matthew Bell Tory 1834 Conservative 1837 Christopher Blackett Whig 1841 Saville Ogle Whig 1852 Wentworth Beaumont Whig Hon. Henry...
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  • Adam, G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer); Mulvany, Charles Pelham; Robinson, Christopher Blackett (1885). History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario: Containing...
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  • Northumberland 1832 – 1852 With: Thomas Wentworth Beaumont 1832–37 Christopher Blackett 1837–41 Saville Craven Henry Ogle 1841–52 Succeeded by Wentworth...
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    Rev John Blackett, a son of Christopher Blackett of Wylam. As a condition of the marriage and inheritance, he changed his name to Blackett-Ord. St John's...
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