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Family and Education
b. c. 1754, s. of John McMahon, butler to Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim [I], by 1st w., ‘one of his own station in life’. educ. in Dublin ‘as befitted his station’. m. aft. 1782, Elizabeth Ramsay of Bath, Som. (d. 2 Aug. 1815), s.p. suc. fa. 1789; cr. Bt. 19 July 1817.
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Ensign, 44 Ft. 1775, lt. 1778; lt. 48 Ft. 1780, capt. 1782; capt. 30 Ft. 1784, 31 Ft. 1785, on half-pay 1786 – 94; lt.-col. 87 Ft. 1794, ret. 1796; capt. R. Devon and Cornw. Miners 1803.

Barrack master, Charleston, S. Carolina till 1782.

Vice-treasurer and commr. of accts. to Prince of Wales Jan. 1800–3; member of council, duchy of Cornwall 1802; sec. and keeper of the Prince’s privy purse and seal, and auditor and sec. duchy of Cornwall, Dec. 1803; principal storekeeper of Ordnance Feb. 1806 – Mar. 1807; sec. extraordinary to the Prince Regent Feb. 1811 – July 1817; receiver and paymaster of the royal bounty to officers’ widows Aug. 1811 – Mar. 1812; keeper of the privy purse and private sec. to the Prince Regent Mar. 1812 – July 1817; PC 20 Mar. 1812; receiver-general, duchy of Cornwall July 1816–1817.

Parlimentarian
MCMAHON, John (c.1754-1817), of Carlton House and Charles Street, St. James’s Square, Mdx.
Main residences: Carlton House; Charles Street, St. James's Square, Mdx.
Author
R.G.T.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title

MCMAHON, John (c.1754-1817)

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