TUCKER, John (d.I779), of Weymouth, Dorset.

John Tucker entered Parliament for the seat vacated by George Bubb Dodington’s decision to sit for Bridgwater. Like his father, he followed Dodington,Dodington Diary, 466, 468. accompanying him into opposition in 1740Sir Dudley Ryder’s diary, 9 Aug. 1740, Harrowby mss. and combining with him to wrest the control of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from Walpole in 1741.CJ, xxiv. 293-5. He remained in opposition till Dodington became treasurer of the navy in 1744, appointing him his cashier; was classed by the Government as ‘New Ally’ in 1746; did not stand in 1747, when his post became incompatible with a seat in the Commons under the Place Act of 1742; and lost his post in 1749, when Dodington went over to the Prince of Wales. About 1749-50 Egmont described him to Frederick as the ‘absolute creature’ of Dodington, who left all his property at Weymouth and Melcombe Regis to him.PCC Boycott 264. He died 9 Oct. 1779.