John Mordaunt (MP)
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John Mordaunt (c. 1709 – 1767), British soldier and politician, was the second son of John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt and Frances Powlett.
He was a cornet in the Royal Horse Guards from 1726 to 1736. He married Mary Howe (d. 1749), the daughter of Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe, in November 1735, and later Elizabeth Hamilton, but left no children. In 1745, he rejoined the Army to serve as a lieutenant colonel in the Duke of Kingston's Regiment of Horse.
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Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by Thomas Bennett William Levinz |
Member for Nottinghamshire with William Levinz 1739–1747 |
Succeeded by Lord Robert Manners-Sutton John Thornhagh |
Preceded by The Viscount Doneraile Thomas Orby Hunter |
Member for Winchelsea with Thomas Orby Hunter 1747–1754 |
Succeeded by Thomas Orby Hunter Arnold Nesbitt |
Preceded by Sir Thomas Robinson Harry Powlett |
Member for Christchurch with Sir Thomas Robinson 1754–1761 |
Succeeded by Thomas Robinson James Harris |