Family and Education
b. c. 1667, 1st surv. s. of William Comyns, barrister, of L. Inn by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Matthew Rudd of Little Baddow, Essex. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1683; L. Inn 1683, called 1690. m. (1) lic. 21 Apr. 1693, Anne (d. 28 Feb. 1705), da. and coh. of Dr. Nathaniel Gurdon, rector of Chelmsford, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) lic. 20 Oct. 1708, Elizabeth Courthope of Kent; (3) Anne Wilbraham. suc. fa. 1686. Kntd. 8 Nov. 1726.
Offices Held
Recorder, Maldon; serjeant-at-law 1705; counsel to George II as Prince of Wales; baron of the Exchequer (£1,500 p.a.) 7 Nov. 1726; justice of common pleas 1736; chief baron of the Exchequer (£2,000 p.a.) 1738 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Highlands, nr. Maldon, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
COMYNS, John (c.1667-1740)
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Oxford 1644
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