Christopher Blackett (23 October 1787 – 16 January 1847)[1] was a British politician from Northumberland.
The son of colliery owner Christopher Blackett (1751–1829), his family had lived for centuries at Wylam near Newcastle upon Tyne.[2]
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Bere Alston from 1830 to 1831,[3] and for South Northumberland, 1837–1841.[1]
His eldest son John (1821–1856) was also an MP.[2] His second son Montagu was president of the Oxford Union in 1848 as a student of Christ Church, Oxford.[4][5][6]