LAWTON, John (1656-1736), of Lawton, Cheshire

Family and Education

bap. 7 May 1656, 1st s. of William Lawton of Lawton by Hester, da. of Sir Edward Longueville, 1st Bt., of Wolverton, Bucks. educ. Coventry sch.; St. John’s, Camb. 1675. m. (1) by 1679, Anne (d. 1717), da. of George Montagu† of Horton, Northants., and sis. of Charles*, Christopher*, Edward†, Irby* and James Montagu I*, 7s. (6 d.v.p.) 8da. and 7 other ch.; (2) 22 Sept. 1719, his cos. Mary (d. 1766), da. of Edward Longueville of Iver, Bucks., wid. of Sir Edward Longueville of Wolverton, 1s. suc. fa. 1693. Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 17; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 169; IGI, London.

Offices Held

Capital burgess, Newcastle 1691–1712, mayor 1692–3; steward, manor of Newcastle 1698–1702, 1706–10, 1716–17; bailiff, Halton serjeantry 1706–10, 1716–17. R. W. Bridgett, ‘The Hist. of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1661–1760’ (Keele Univ. M.A. thesis, 1982), 172; P. W. L. Adams, Hist. Adams Fam. 78–79; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 168.

Gent. of privy chamber 1716–27. Info. from Prof. R. O. Bucholz.

Parlimentarian

LAWTON, John (1656-1736), of Lawton, Cheshire.

Main residence: Lawton, Cheshire.

Author

S.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

LAWTON, John (1656-1736)

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Oxford 1644

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