Charles Crickitt

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Charles Alexander Crickitt (12 January 1736 – 16 January 1803) was an English banker and politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Ipswich from 1784 until his death in 1803.{{cite web |title=CRICKITT, Charles Alexander (1736-1803), of Smith's Hall, nr. Chipping Ongar, Essex. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/crickitt-charles-alexander-1736-1803 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |accessdate=7 September 2019}}

Crickitt started his banking career in Colchester in 1774, and set up the bank Crickitt, Truelove & Kerridge with William Truelove and J. Kerridge in 1786 in Ipswich.{{cite web |title=Bacon, Cobbold & Company records - Archives Hub |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/4f6fcd1e-5a8a-35d2-af44-335b5889ace5 |website=Archives Hub website |publisher=JISC |access-date=30 August 2021}} This was the "Blue" bank, linked to the Ipswich Blue Party.{{HistoryofParliament|1790|author=Winifred Stokes and R. G. Thorne|title=Ipswich|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/constituencies/ipswich|accessdate=9 November 2022}}

On 29 June 1789 he fought a duel with Nicholas Corsellis in Lexden Heath. The duel arose following an incident the previous Saturday in which Reverend Corsellis had used severe language. Neither party was injured.{{cite news |title=Mr Corsellis Fights a Duel 1789 |url=https://www.wivenhoehistory.org.uk/content/topics/people-2/the-corsellis-family/mr-corsellis-fights-a-duel-1789 |access-date=30 August 2021 |work=Caledonian Mercury |issue=Monday 6 July 1789 |date=1789}}

He was godson to the Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty Bamber Gascoyne.