Family and Education
b. ?1707, 1st s. of Capt. William Clevland, R.N., a commr. of the navy, by Anne, da. of John Davie of Orleigh, Devon. educ. Westminster, Sept. 1718, aged 11; M. Temple 1723. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Sir Caesar Child, 2nd Bt., of Woodford, Essex, sis. of Sir Caesar Child, 3rd and last Bt., 2s. 2da.; (2) 1747,C. Aspinall-Oglander, Admiral’s Wife, 64. Sarah, da. of Richard Shuckburgh of Longborough, Glos. and sis. of Sir G. A. Shuckburgh, 6th Bt., M.P., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1715.
Offices Held
Clerk in the navy office c. 1723 – 31; clerk of the cheque, Plymouth 1731 – 43; commr. of the navy Mar. 1743–6; jt. sec. to the Admiralty 1746 – 51, sec. 1751 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Tapeley, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
CLEVLAND, John (?1707-63)
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