Jamie Blackett
Jamie Blackett | |
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| Born | James William Beauchamp Blackett 17 October 1964 |
| Occupation | Author, Farmer, Retired Army Officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
| Spouse | Sheralyn |
| Children | Oliver and Rosie |
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Jamie Blackett (born 1964) is the author of the book The Enigma of Kidson,[1] published by Quiller, a semi-autobiographical portrait of Eton College schoolmaster Michael Kidson,[2] whose pupils included former prime minister David Cameron.
In it, Blackett describes being beaten by Head Master Michael McCrum,[3] one of the last acts of corporal punishment at the school.
He owns and farms the Arbigland Estate in Dumfries and Galloway and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire in 2013.
Blackett served in the Coldstream Guards from 1983-2002, and was the sixth generation of his family to do so. He and his wife Sheralyn appeared in the house on the Channel 4 series Homes By the Sea with Charlie Luxton in 2015.[4]
He is a direct descendant of Christopher Blackett of Wylam Hall, Northumberland,[5] founder of The Globe (London newspaper) newspaper and entrepreneur behind the world’s oldest surviving steam engine Puffing Billy (locomotive).
References
- ↑ "Cameron speaks at Quiller book launch". The Bookseller. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "Maverick Eton master called pupils thickheads". Daily Mail. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "Obituary Michael McCrum". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "Homes by the Sea". Channel 4. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "BLACKETT, Christopher (1787-1847), of Wylam Hall, Northumb". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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