Authorised form of name | Duckett; Sir; George (1777 - 1856) |
Other forms of surname | Jackson |
Dates | 1777 - 1856 |
Place of birth | Old Palace Yard, Westminster, England |
Date of birth | 17 July 1777 |
Place of death | Gloucester Gardens, Hyde Park, London |
Date of death | 15 June 1856 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Kensal Green Cemetery, London |
Activity | Career: MP for Lymington, Hampshire (1807-1812); MP for Plympton, Devon (1812); Lieutenant Colonel, West Essex Militia; gazetted bankrupt (1832)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 08/12/1808 |
Relationships | Son of Sir George Jackson, Secretary to the Admiralty, who took the name Duckett as a condition of the will of his 2nd wife's maternal uncle, Thomas Duckett of Hartham House (1797), and his 2nd wife, Grace Goldstone; succeeded to the Barontecy (1828). Married 1) (17 July 1810) Isabella, daughter of Stainbank Floyd of Shrewsbury (died 1844); 2) (30 April 1846) Charlotte, widow of Joseph Laxe |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll |
Code | NA7020 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1808/08 | Duckett, Sir George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MS/426/517 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major Duckett | 25 May 1854 |