Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . e army to fight for their country. So they continued till the beginning of the present century,when Christopher Blackett number two, coming into possession ofthe estate, instituted those world-renowned experiments at \\ylamColliery which assisted in solving the problem of the application 32o JOHX FENUICK BURGO\NE BLACKETT. of steam to locomotion. He died in 1829, and his eldest son,also named Christopher, succeeded him. This Christopher hadbeen brought up to the profession of arms, and had served underthe Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular campaign. Seeing
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . e army to fight for their country. So they continued till the beginning of the present century,when Christopher Blackett number two, coming into possession ofthe estate, instituted those world-renowned experiments at \\ylamColliery which assisted in solving the problem of the application 32o JOHX FENUICK BURGO\NE BLACKETT. of steam to locomotion. He died in 1829, and his eldest son,also named Christopher, succeeded him. This Christopher hadbeen brought up to the profession of arms, and had served underthe Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular campaign. Seeing noprospect of further military employment, he went into Parliamentin 1830 as the colleague of Lord Lovaine in the representationof the pocket borough of Beer Alston. A few months after hiselection the defeat of the first Reform Bill led to a dissolution,and amongst the members of the new Parliament he found noplace. In 1836, upon the death of Sir Matthew White Ridley, hewas brought out as a candidate for the representation of New-. castle. Whigs and Radicals united in his favour; among hissupporters were Dr. Headlam, Charles John Bigge, John TrotterBrockett, Dr. Bruce, Emerson Charnley, the two Mitchells, CharlesLarkin, Thomas Doubleday, John Fife, Addison L. Potter, WilliamGarret, James Hodgson, James Losh, Henry Milvain, Lockey Harle,Anthony Nicol, Hugh Lee Pattinson, R. P. Philipson, and hundredsof others bearing well-known names, that start into life as one runsover the pages of the Poll Book. His opponent was Mr. JohnHodgson (afterwards Hodgson Hinde), who had shared the repre-sentation of Newcastle with Sir ^L W. Ridley in three Parliaments,and had been defeated at the preceding election by Mr. WilliamOrd. On this occasion Mr. Hodgson won back his seat; after a JOHN FEN WICK B UR G O \ NE BLA CKE TT. 321 very close and exciting contest he received forty-eight votes morethan his competitor in a gross poll of 3,104. Mr. Blackett waselected for South Northumberland the foll
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