Charles Alexander Crickitt (12 January 1736 – 16 January 1803) was an

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and politician. He was a Member of Parliament for

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from 1784 until his death in 1803. Crickitt started his banking career in

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in 1774, and set up the bank Crickitt, Truelove & Kerridge with William Truelove and J. Kerridge in 1786 in

. This was the "Blue" bank, linked to the Ipswich Blue Party. On 29 June 1789 he fought a duel with Nicholas Corsellis in Lexden Heath. The duel arose following an incident the previous

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in which Reverend Corsellis had used severe language. Neither party was injured. He was

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to the

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Bamber Gascoyne.

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1736 births 1803 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Ipswich Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ipswich British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 People from Chipping Ongar English bankers {{England-UK-MP-stub