Family and Education
b. 30 June 1732, 1st s. of John Call of Prestacott in Launcells by Jane, da. of John Mill of Shernick Farm in Launcells. educ. ‘under Mr Daddo, at Tiverton’ and ‘Mr Keate, of Somerton’, until he was 17. m. 28 Mar. 1772, Philadelphia, da. and coh. of William Batty, MD, of Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr., 2s. 4da. suc. fa. 1766; cr. Bt. 28 July 1791.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Cornw. 1771–2.
To India 1750 as sec. to Benjamin Robbins, chief engineer, E.I. Co.; writer (Madras) 1751; chief engineer Fort St. David 1751 – 57; col. and chief engineer, Coromandel 1757; member of council, Madras 1765 – 70; returned to England 1770.
Treasurer, board of agriculture 1794–1800.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Whiteford, nr. Callington, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
CALL, John (1732-1801)
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