Sir Walter Calverley-Blackett, 2nd Baronet (18 December 1707 – 14 February 1777) was a baronet and a member of the
British House of Commons representing
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
As Walter Calverley he was the son of
Sir Walter Calverley, 1st Baronet and Julia Blackett, daughter of
Sir William Blackett. In 1728 he inherited the substantial estates of his uncle
Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet at
Allendale, Northumberland and
Cambo on condition that he married Elizabeth Orde (his uncle's natural daughter) and changed his name to
Blackett. The marriage took place in August 1729.
He was
High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1731 and
Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1734 to 1777.He was a
Freeman and
Alderman of the
City of Newcastle and Mayor of that City five times, in 1735, 1748, 1756, 1764 and 1771.
He owned a mansion in the city at Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. On succession to the Baronetcy of Calverley and Esholt on the death of his father in 1749 he inherited estates at
Calverley and
Esholt,
Yorkshire, which he soon sold. He settled at
Cambo, and expended considerable sums on improvements to
Wallington Hall,
Cambo which he remodelled in
Palladian style to designs by architect
Daniel Garrett. In 1755 he also commissioned Garrett to build a folly in the style of a medieval castle ( see
Rothley Castle) on the hillside above Wallington.
His children all predeceased him and the Baronetcy became extinct on his death. His estates passed to the
Trevelyan family into which his sister Julia had married.