See also William Duckett (disambiguation) William Duckett (bapt. 23 May 1624 – 1 November 1686) was an English

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who sat in the

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between 1659 and 1679. Duckett was the son of

John Duckett John Duckett (1613 – 7 September 1644) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. Life John Duckett was born at Underwinder, in the parish of Sedbergh, in Yorkshire, in 1613, the son of James and Francis Duckett. He was a relative of ...

, of

Hartham House Hartham House was a country house at Hartham Park, Hartham, Wiltshire, England, standing next to Hartham Park, north-west of the town of Corsham. During the Tudor and Civil War periods it was owned by the Duckett family, among whom were several m ...

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, Wiltshire, a Royalist gentleman, and his wife, Jane Winter or Wintour. He matriculated at

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, on 3 July 1640 aged 16. He was student of the

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in 1642.Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp.406–439. Accessed: 17 March 2011
via British History Online In 1659, Duckett was elected Member of Parliament for

Calne Calne () is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Wiltshire, southwestern England,OS Explorer Map 156, Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey A2 edition (2007). at the northwestern extremity ...

in the

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. In 1660, he was re-elected for Calne in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected in 1661 for the

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and sat until 1679. The few electors were under Duckett family control, and his father had been returned for Calne in 1621 and 1624.

Family

Duckett married three times: Firstly, on 6 March 1650, he married Elizabeth Henshaw (baptised 29 April 1621 – 1654) at

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in London, a sister of the alchemist Thomas Henshaw, with issue including: *

Lionel Duckett Sir Lionel Duckett (1511 – August 1587) was one of the merchant adventurers of the City of London. He was four times Master of the Mercers' Company, and Lord Mayor of London in 1572–1573. He was born in 1511 to William Duckett of Flintham ...

(1652–1693), who was also a member of parliament for Calne. 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 Fawley is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Berkshire, England. The hub of the village is centred east of Lambourn and has a sub-community within its bounds, Little or South Fawley. It includes the depopulated small ...

. There were no documented children from this marriage. Duckett died on 1 November 1686 at his home in

, 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.

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Notes on theories of an undocumented son, Richard (1673–1773)
at Find a Grave {{DEFAULTSORT:Duckett, William 1624 births 1686 deaths Cavaliers Place of birth missing Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679