TYRWHITT, Sir John de la Fountain, 6th Bt. (1708-60), of Stainfield, Lincs.

Returned, apparently as a Whig, for Lincoln in 1741, Tyrwhitt voted consistently against the Administration, signing the opposition whip of 10 Nov. 1743.Owen, Pelhams, 178. He did not stand again and died 22 Aug. 1760, entailing his estates on his cousin Thomas Drake.Notices and Remains of Fam. of Tyrwhitt, 48.