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Born | BEF (1624-05-23)23 May 1624 Hartham House, Corsham, Wiltshire |
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Died | 1 November 1686(1686-11-01) (aged 62) Calne, Wiltshire |
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Nationality | English |
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Spouses | -
Elizabeth Henshaw
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Anne Knight (m. 1655 –1667 ) -
Margaret Moore (m. 1669 –1686 )
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Parent(s) | John Duckett, Jane Winter |
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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]
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.