Family and Education
b. ?1730, o.s. of Sir John Shelley, 4th Bt., M.P., of Mitchelgrove by his 2nd w. Hon. Margaret Pelham, da. of Thomas, 1st Baron Pelham, sis. of Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle. educ. Westminster, Jan. 1745; Peterhouse, Camb. 17 Sept. 1748, aged 18. m. (1) 27 Aug. 1769, Wilhelmina (d. 21 Mar. 1772), da. of John Newnham of Maresfield Park, Suss., 1s.; (2) 14 Feb. 1775, Elizabeth, da. of Edward Woodcock of L. Inn, 3da. suc. fa. as 5th Bt. 6 Sept. 1771.
Offices Held
Keeper of recs. in Tower of London 1755 – d. clerk of the pipe in the Exchequer 1758 – d. P.C. 3 Dec. 1766; treasurer of the Household 1766 – 77.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Mitchelgrove, Suss.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
SHELLEY, John (?1730-83)
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Oxford 1644
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