Anthony Keck (Woodstock MP) explained

Office:Member of Parliament for Woodstock
Term Start:1753
Term End:1767
Predecessor:Viscount Bateman
Hon. John Trevor
Alongside:Viscount Bateman
Successor:Viscount Bateman
Hon. William Gordon
Birth Name:Anthony Tracy
Birth Date:1708
Parents:John Tracy
Children:2

Anthony Keck (1708 – 29 May 1767) was an English politician.

Early life

He was born the second son of John Tracy of Stanway House, Gloucestershire and Anne (née Atkins) Tracy.

His mother was the only daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Saperton, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. His father was the only surviving son of Hon. Ferdinando Tracy (third son of John Tracy, 3rd Viscount Tracy) and Catherine Keck (eldest daughter of Sir Anthony Keck MP and Commissioner of the Great Seal).[1]

Career

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, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodstock from 1753 to 1767.

Personal life

He had married well in 1736 to Lady Susan Hamilton (1706–1753), the daughter of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and Hon. Elizabeth Gerard (only daughter and heiress of Digby Gerard, 5th Baron Gerard).[3] Together, they had two daughters:

A keen participant in horse racing,[3] he died of apoplexy at Epsom races in 1767 when his horse won a race.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hamilton, Duke of (S, 1643) . www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk . Heraldic Media Limited . 18 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124050/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/hamilton1643.htm#HAMILTON_1643_4 . 18 August 2016 . live .
  2. Web site: Anthony Keck Racehorse breeder 1708 - 1767. The Twickenham Museum . 16 February 2018.
  3. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004-09-23 . ref:odnb/68355 . Matthew . H. C. G. . 2023-03-29 . Oxford . 10.1093/ref:odnb/68355 . Harrison . B..
  4. Web site: Wemyss, Earl of (S, 1633) . www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk . Heraldic Media Limited . 15 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111126222810/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Wemyss1633.htm#WEMYSS_1633_8 . 26 November 2011 . live .
  5. Web site: Eveline . Cruickshanks . KECK, Anthony (1708-67), of Great Tew, Oxon . . R. Sedgwick . Boydell and Brewer . 13 June 2014 . 1970.