Lionell Duckett MP (1651 - 1693)

Born 4 Mar 1651 in Kensington, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Ashe) Duckett — married 23 Sep 1680 in Langley Burrell, Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1693 at age 42 in Kensington, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Lionel Duckett of Box, co. Wilts. (b. 04 Mar 1652 - d. 05 Dec 1693),^[1] was the only son of:

• William Duckett of Hartham, MP for Calne.^[2][3]
• by his first wife, Elizabeth Henshaw.^[1][2]

He was born in Kensington par., co. Middlesex on 04 Mar 1651/2;^[4] and baptised in the parish on 12 Mar 1652 [presumably 12 Mar 1651/1652]^[5].

Marriage

Lionel married Martha, dau. of Samuel Ashe of Langley Burrell. Their marriage license is dated 27 September 1680.^[1][6] They had six sons but three of them died in Lionel's lifetime.^[1]

surviving sons:

• 1. George of Hartham House (b. 19 Feb. 1684 - d. 6 Oct. 1732), MP for Calne.^[1][7]
  

m. (28 Mar. 1711 settlement) Grace (d. 1755), d. & h. of Thomas Skinner of Dewlish.^[7]

• William, MP for Calne.^[1]

Occupation

Lionel was MP for Calne during October 1679 and in 1681.^[1][8]

Arms

• Sable a saitier argent impaling argent two chevrons sable. Ash.

Death

Lionel Duckett died on 05 Dec 1693, and was buried at Kensington, Middlesex.^[1] A memorial to him in the north side of the altar in the parish church states:^[4]

Here, Beneath this marble, lyeth, in hope of a joyful Resurrection, the body of LIONEL DUCKET, Esq. only sonne and heire of Wm. Ducket, late of Hartham, in the county of Wilts, Esq., by his first wife Eliz. Henshaw. He married Martha Ash, eldest daughter of Samuel Ash, of Langley,in the county of Wilts, Esq., by whom he left only three sons George, William, and Henry-Stephen. He was born in this parish on the 4th day of March, 1651, and happened to depart this life in this parish on the 5th day of December, 1693.

Jam mea peracta est, Mox vestra agetur fabula.

My play is over, and I'm gone, Reader! your part will soon come on.

Notes

Caution: No Brother Named Richard Duckett

Numerous genealogies show Richard Duckett to be the son of William Duckett of Wiltshire, England, and his wife Elizabeth Henshaw. A plaque in Kensington Church, London carries an inscription which proves that William and Elizabeth Duckett of Henshaw had only one son named Lionel and did not have a a son named Richard.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Henning, B.D. (1983). "Duckett, Lionel (1652-93), of Box, Wilts.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Henning, B.D. (1983). "Duckett, William (1624-86), of Hartham, Corsham, Wilts.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.
3. ↑ Extract from Register of Admissions to the Middle Temple May 18, 1669: Lyonell Duckett, son and heir of William Duckett of Hartham, Wilts, esq.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Faulkner T (1820) History and Antiquities of Kensington. London. p213.
5. ↑ Family search.
6. ↑ Lyonell Ducket Esqr of Colne [Calne] and Mrs [Mistress] Martha Assh of Longlle Burell were married the 23 of Sep 1680" at Langley Burrell, Wiltshire

   Langley Burrell Parish Register. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Hayton, D., Cruickshanks, E. & Handley, S. (2002). "Duckett, George (1684-1732), of Hartham House, Corsham, Wilts. and Dewlish, Dorset," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715. HOP. Web.
8. ↑ Lionel, esq. of Box, co. Wilts. (b. c. 1652 - d. 1693), MP for Calne 1679-81.

   Cherry, G.L. (1966). The Convention Parliament, 1689: A Biographical Study of Its Members, p. 58. Google Books.

• Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, p. 330a.