Family and Education
b. 24 Feb. 1711, o.surv. s. of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont [I]. m. (1) 15 Feb. 1737, Lady Catherine Cecil (d. 16 Aug. 1752), da. of James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury, 2s. 1da.; (2) 26 Jan. 1756, Catherine, da. of Hon. Charles Compton, 4th s. of George, 4th Earl of Northampton, 4s. 4da. suc. fa. as 2nd Earl 1 May 1748; cr. Baron Lovel and Holland 7 May 1762.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1731 – 48.
Lord of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales 1748 – 51; P.C. 9 Jan. 1755; jt. postmaster gen. 1762 – 63; first ld. of Admiralty 1763 – 66.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
PERCEVAL, John (1711-70)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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