Adolphus Oughton
| Oughton baronets | |
|---|---|
.svg) Escutcheon of the Oughton baronets of Tetchbrook | |
| Creation date | 1718[1] |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1736[1] |
Sir Adolphus Oughton, 1st Baronet (c. 1685 – 4 September 1736), of
Tachbrook
, Warwickshire, was a British Army officer and politician.
Oughton was the son of Adolphus Oughton and Mary Samwell, daughter of Richard Samwell, of Upton, Northamptonshire.[1] and educated at Trinity College, Oxford and the Middle Temple (1703).
He joined the British Army and was a captain and lieutenant-colonel in the
Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales from 1714 to 1717.[2]
He sat as
Member of Parliament for Coventry between 1715 and 1736.[2] In 1718 he was created a baronet, of Tetchbrook in the County of Warwick.[1]
He died in September 1736. He had first married his cousin, Frances Wagstaffe, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Wagstaffe and the widow of
James Adolphus Dickenson Oughton, who became a lieutenant-general in the British Army.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard. A genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, s. 394.
- ^ a b c "OUGHTON, Adolphus (?1684-1736), of Fillongley and Tachbrook, Warws". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 October 2016.