Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet |
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Canting arms of Lethbridge: Argent, over water proper, a bridge of five arches embattled gules and over the centre arch a turret in chief an eagle displayed sable charged on the breast with a bezant
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| Sheriff of Somerset | |
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In office 1788–1789 |
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| Preceded by | Nathaniel Dalton |
| Succeeded by | Henry Hippisley Coxe |
| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Minehead |
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In office 1806–1807 Serving with George Parkyns |
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| Preceded by | John Fownes Luttrell |
| Succeeded by | John Fownes Luttrell |
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| Born | 12 March 1746 |
| Died | 15 December 1815 (aged 69) |
| Political party | Tory |
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Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet (1746–1815), of Whitehall Place, Westminster; Sandhill Park, Somerset; Westaway in the parish of Pilton, Devon, and Winkleigh Court, Winkleigh, Devon, was Member of Parliament for Minehead in Somerset from 1806-7. He served as Sheriff of Somerset in 1788-9. In 2010 he was discovered to have been the natural father of Claire Clairmont, and thus the grandfather of Lord Byron's daughter Allegra.
He was born on 12 March 1746, the only son of John Lethbridge (died 1761) of Westaway House in the parish of Pilton, North Devon, by his wife Grace Cardor (alias Carder), daughter of Amos Cardor of Westdown House in Devon. John Lethbridge was the only surviving son of Thomas Lethbridge (1698–1734), Gentleman, a lawyer of Clement's Inn, by his wife Sarah Periam, daughter of John Periam (died 1711) of Milverton, Somerset, and sister of John Periam (c. 1701 – 1788) of Milverton, MP for Minehead (1742-7). John Periam in 1720 built a mansion at Sandhill Park in the parish of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, which descended to the Lethbridge family. Periam was descended from Sir William Peryam (1534–1604) of Little Fulford, near Crediton in Devon, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer under Queen Elizabeth I. Thomas had another son Thomas Lethbridge (1724–1744), Gentleman, who died aged 20 and was buried in the Bowchier vault in Pilton Church. Thomas Lethbridge was a younger son of Christopher Lethbridge, Esquire, of Westaway, by his wife Margaret Bowchier (whom he married on 3 January 1681/2), daughter and heiress of Phillip Bowchier (1623–1687) of Westaway. Christopher's uncle was Christopher Lethbridge (died 1670) of Exeter in Devon, Mayor of Exeter in 1660, and one of the Worthies of Devon of the biographer John Prince, (1643–1723). Mayor Christopher Lethbridge appears to have been the ultimate source of the great wealth of the Lethbridge family of Sandhill Park.
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