The list of links below provide short biographies of the principal correspondents included in ‘Dukesfield Documents’. A narrative summary of the management structure of the Blackett and Beaumont lead businesses and the main post holders is given here, drawn together by Ian Forbes. For those reading the transcripts of Michael Blackett’s 17th century letter books in Cambridge University Library, the ‘People in Michael Blackett letters’ download file lower down this page will be useful, and a similar download file gives information on those featuring in the late 18th /early 19th century letters of the Beaumonts, drawn up by Mike Powell. More information on the various branches of the Blacketts and their descendants can be found in The Blacketts of North East England website.
Thomas Richard Beaumont (1758-1829)
Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (1792-1848)
Christopher Blackett (1751-1829)
John Erasmus Blackett (1729-1814)
William Blackett II (1657-1705)
William Blackett III (1690-1728)
Walter Calverley/ Blackett (1707-77)
Westgarth Forster (1772 – 1835)
Hugh Lee Pattinson (1796-1858)
Nicholas Walton junior (1732-1810)
Thomas Wentworth/Blackett (1726-92)
