Sir John Chetwode, 4th Baronet

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Sir John Chetwode, 4th Baronet (11 May 1764 – 17 December 1845) was a British politician.

Baptised in Stockport in Cheshire, he was the son of Sir John Chetwode, 3rd Baronet and Dorothy Bretland. In 1779, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. Chetwode was Sheriff of Cheshire in 1789. From 1815 to 1818, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme and from 1841 to 1845 for Buckingham. Chetwode died in Bognor in Sussex and was buried in Mucklestone in Staffordshire.

On 26 October 1785, he married firstly Lady Henrietta Grey, daughter of the 5th Earl of Stamford in Dunham Massey in Cheshire and on 16 May 1827, secondly Elizabeth Bristow, daughter of John Bristow in Hammersmith in London. He had a daughter and four sons, including his heir John Newdigate-Ludford-Chetwode by his first wife.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl Gower Sir John Fenton Boughey	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme with Sir John Fenton Boughey 1815–1818	Succeeded by William Shepherd Kinnersley Robert John Wilmot
Preceded by Sir Harry Verney Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt	Member of Parliament for Buckingham with Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt 1841–1845	Succeeded by John Hall Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Chetwode	Baronet (of Oakley) 1779–1845	Succeeded by John Newdigate-Ludford-Chetwode