SARGENT, John (1715-91), of May Place, Crayford, Kent.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency

Dates

25 Jan. 1754 - 1761
19 Jan. 1765 - 1768

Family and Education

b. 1715, o.s. of John Sargent, storekeeper of the King’s Yard, Deptford, by his w. Mary? Arnold.1 m. Rosamund Chambers, 2s.

Offices Held

Director, Bank of England 1753-67 (with statutory intervals).

Biography

John Sargent, a merchant trading with North America,2 was brought in by Lord Montagu, the patron of Midhurst, at the request of Henry Pelham.3 He died 20 Sept. 1791.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: J. B. Lawson

Notes

  • 1. Genealogist , n.s. xxxiii, 189-94; John Sargent sen. to Newcastle, 16 June 1747, Add. 32711, f. 387; PCC 197 Busby.
  • 2. APC Col. iv. 648.
  • 3. Sargent to Newcastle, 2 July 1760, Add. 32908, ff. 21-22.