WALLOP, Hon. John (1718-49).

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

1741 - 19 Nov. 1749

Family and Education

b. 3 Aug. 1718, 1st s. of John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth; bro. of Hon. Bluett and Charles Wallop. educ.Winchester 1731-4; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1735. m. 12 July 1740, Catherine, da. and h. of John Conduit of Cranbury Lodge, Otterbourne, Hants, 4s. 1da. styled Visct. Lymington 1743-d.

Offices Held

Page of honour to the King 1739; mayor, Lymington 1739-40.

Biography

Returned for Andover on the family interest, John Wallop voted with the Administration on the chairman of the elections committee in 1741 but against the Hanoverians in 1744, abstaining from the corresponding divisions in 1742 and 1746. Classed as a government supporter in 1747, he died v.p. 19 Nov. 1749.

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Author: Paula Watson

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