Anthony Keck (Woodstock MP)
Anthony Keck (1708 – 29 May 1767)[1] was an English politician.
Anthony Keck
Richmond House in 1725
He was born the second son of John Tracy of Stanway House, Gloucestershire. He succeeded to the Keck estates at Great Tew in Oxfordshire of his great-uncle Francis Keck in 1729, adopting the name of Keck according to a condition of the bequest. From 1744 he lived at Richmond House in Twickenham. [2]
A protégé of the Duke of Marlborough,[3] he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodstock from 1753 to 1767.[1]
A keen participant in horse racing, he died of apoplexy at Epsom races in 1767 when his horse won a race. He had married in 1736 Lady Susan, the daughter of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and had 2 daughters:
- Henrietta Charlotte (b.1740/1) - married 1774 Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford
- Susan - married 1771 Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho
References
- 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ↑ "Anthony Keck Racehorse breeder 1708 - 1767". The Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ↑ Cruickshanks, Eveline (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "KECK, Anthony (1708-67), of Great Tew, Oxon". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Viscount Bateman Hon. John Trevor |
Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1753 – 1767 With: Viscount Bateman |
Succeeded by Viscount Bateman Hon. William Gordon |
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