SHELLEY, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1692-1771), of Mitchelgrove, Suss.

b. 5 Mar. 1692, 1st s. of Sir John Shelley, 3rd Bt., by his 2nd w. Mary, da. and eventually coh. of Sir John Gage, 4th Bt., of Firle, Suss. m. (1) 21 May 1717, Catherine (d. Sept. 1726), da. of Sir Thomas Scawen of Horton, Bucks., 2da.; (2) 16 Mar. 1727, Margaret, da. of Thomas Pelham, M.P., 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton, sis. of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and Hon. Henry Pelham, 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 25 Apr. 1703.