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John Sargent (abt. 1749 - 1831)

John Sargent
Born about in Middlesex, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 21 Dec 1778 in Woolavington, Sussex, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Father of
Died at about age 82 [location unknown]
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Biography

  • Birth:
  • c1749, Middlesex, the son of John Sargent of Middlesex & Rosamund Chambers.[1]
  • Cambridge University Alumni:
Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, June 5, 1767. [2nd] s. of John, merchant, of Middlesex [and May Place, Kent] (and Rosamund Chambers). School, Eton.
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 5, 1770.
M.P. for Seaford, 1790-3; for Queenborough, 1794-1802; for Bodmin, 1802-6.
Clerk of the Ordnance, 1793-1802.
Joint Secretary to the Treasury, 1802-4. Of Woollavington, Sussex.
Married, Dec. 21, 1778, Charlotte, only dau. and heiress of Richard Bettesworth, of Petworth, Sussex.
Author, The Mine and other poems.
Died Sept. 9, 1831.
Brother of George A. (1766); father of the next.[2]
  • Marriage:
  • The marriage of John Sargent & Charlotte Bettesworth was conducted 21 December 1778, Woolavington, Sussex. [3]


  • Death
  • 9 September 1831. [4]
  • Burial:
  • 15 September 1831, Lavington, St. Peter, Sussex.[5]


Sources

  1. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk
  2. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk
  3. England Marriages (1538-1973) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N22H-M4F)
  4. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk
  5. England Deaths & Burials (1538-1991) ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8HD-9Y8)
  • W. P. Courtney, ‘Sargent, John (1780–1833)’, rev. Ellie Clewlow, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 7 Sept 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.




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