NORTH, Francis (1673-1729) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 14 Dec. 1673, 1st s. Francis North, Bar. Guilford; bro. of Hon. Charles North^‡. educ. Winchester 1685; R. North, Life of Lord Keeper North, ed. M. Chan (Lampeter, 1995), 217; Add. 32500, f. 83. Trinity, Oxf. (matric. Feb. 1689, MA 1690); Wood, Life and Times, iii. 346-7. travelled abroad (Holland, Germany, Italy) 1691-?1694. Add. 32500, f. 119. m. (1) 1695 Elizabeth (d.1699), da. Fulke Greville, 5th Bar. Brooke, s.p.; Bodl. North mss. c. 25, f. 70. (2) by 8 July 1703 Alice (Alicia), da. and coh. of Sir John Brownlow^‡, 3rd bt., Northants. RO, IC 2201. 3s. ?1da. d.v.p. Bodl. North mss. c. 25, ff. 15, 70. d. 17 Oct. 1729; will 24 Sept. 1703 – 23 Sept. 1717, pr. 22 Oct. 1730. TNA, PROB 11/640.

Offices Held

PC 1712–14; Post Boy, 11–13 Dec. 1712. commr. trade and plantations 1712–14; Post Boy, 5–8 July 1712; London Gazette, 24–27 July 1714. ld. of trade 1713–14. HMC Portland, v. 335.

Dep. lt. Oxon by 1702–?1706; CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 391; Add. 61365, f. 53. ld. lt. Essex 1703–5. Add. 70075, newsletter, 16 Mar. 1703; London Gazette, 15–18 Mar. 1703.

Freeman, Hamburgh Co. 1694; Add. 28079, ff. 59–60. mbr. SPG 1701. CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 358.

Parlimentarian

NORTH, Francis (1673-1729)

Associated with: Wroxton Abbey, Oxon.; Arlington Street, Westminster;Daily Courant, 1 May 1711; Add. 70282, Guilford to [R. Harley], n.d., Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.; Albemarle Street, Westminster.Add. 70350, Oxford's account book, 1 Jan. 1723.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by T. Murray (circle of), c.1700, sold at Bonham’s, 19 July 2012.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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