William Duckett (Calne MP, died 1686)

See also William Duckett (disambiguation)

William Duckett
Member of Parliament
for Calne
Personal details
BornBEF (1624-05-23)23 May 1624
Hartham House, Corsham, Wiltshire
Died1 November 1686(1686-11-01) (aged 62)
Calne, Wiltshire
NationalityEnglish
Spouses
  • Elizabeth Henshaw
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1650⁠–⁠1654)​
  • Anne Knight
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    (m. 1655⁠–⁠1667)​
  • Margaret Moore
    ​
    (m. 1669⁠–⁠1686)​
Parent(s)John Duckett, Jane Winter

William Duckett (bapt. 23 May 1624 – 1 November 1686) was an English gentleman who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.

Duckett was the son of John Duckett, of Hartham House, Corsham, Wiltshire, a Royalist gentleman, and his wife, Jane Winter or Wintour. He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, on 3 July 1640 aged 16. He was student of the Inner Temple in 1642.[1]

In 1659, Duckett was elected Member of Parliament for Calne in the Third Protectorate Parliament. In 1660, he was re-elected for Calne in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.[2] The few electors were under Duckett family control, and his father had been returned for Calne in 1621 and 1624.[3]

Family

Duckett married three times:

Firstly, on 6 March 1650, he married Elizabeth Henshaw (baptised 29 April 1621 – c.1654) at St Bartholomew-the-Great in London, a sister of the alchemist Thomas Henshaw, with issue including:

  • Lionel Duckett (1652–1693), who was also a member of parliament for Calne.[4][1]

Secondly, about 1655, he remarried, as a widower, the widow Anne Chapman née Knight (died 1667), with issue including:

  • Jane Duckett (1657–1713)
  • Three short-lived sons

Thirdly, about September 1669 (licence: 13 September 1669, Bristol), he remarried, as a widower, Margaret Moore (d. 1694), a daughter of Sir Henry Moore, 2nd Baronet, of Fawley, Berkshire. There were no documented children from this marriage.

Duckett died on 1 November 1686[2] at his home in Calne, Wiltshire, at the age of 62. He was buried on 5 November 1686. His will was executed by his widow, Margaret, with probate on 3 January 1687.

References
  1. Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp.406–439. Accessed: 17 March 2011 via British History Online
  2. Duke Henning, Basil. "DUCKETT, William (1624-86), of Hartham, Corsham, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. Lancaster, Henry. "DUCKETT, John (c.1580-1648), of Calstone House, Calne, Wilts.; later of Hartham, Corsham, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. Duke Henning, Basil. "DUCKETT, Lionel (1652-93), of Box, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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