John Sawbridge
John Sawbridge (1732 – 21 February 1795) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780.
Life
Sawbridge was the eldest son of John Sawbridge, FRS of Olantigh and his wife Elizabeth Wanley, daughter of George Wanley.[1]
Sawbridge was elected as a
At the 1774 general election Sawbridge contested two seats: he was defeated in Hythe,[2] but was elected as one of the 4 MPs for the City of London.[5] He was defeated in London at the general election in September 1780,[5] but one of his successors, John Kirkman, who died on the day when the polls closed and had been returned posthumously.[5] Sawbridge was returned without a contest at the resulting by-election in November 1780,[5] and was re-elected in 1784[6] and 1790,[7] holding the seat until his death on 21 February 1795, aged 62.[8] However, he was less active in the parliament of 1790 and was paralysed in the last three years of his life[9]
He was a
Family
Sawbridge had married firstly on 15 November 1763 Mary Diana Bridgeman, daughter of
- Samuel Elias Sawbridge (7 January 1769 – 27 May 1850)[10]
- Ann Sawbridge (born 20 June 1776)[11]
- Wanly Sawbridge (born 9 June 1779)[12]
References
- ^ a b Burke, John (1838). History of the Commoners of Great Britain. Vol. 4. London: Henry Colburn. p. 211 – via Google Books.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4 )
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ a b c d Stooks Smith, page 210
- ^ "No. 12540". The London Gazette. 4 May 1784. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 13213". The London Gazette. 26 June 1790. p. 397.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3 )
- ^ a b [1] History of Parliament Online article.
- ^ The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 18 February 1769.
- ^ The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 24 July 1776.
- ^ The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 8 July 1779.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Sawbridge, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
External links
- Hutchinson, John (1892). . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. pp. 118–119.