Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet

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The Right Honourable  Sir John McMahon, Bt.
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office 1811 – 1817
Preceded by	Lt. Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor
Succeeded by	Lt. Gen. Sir Benjamin Bloomfield
Nationality	British

Colonel Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet (c. 1754 – 12 September 1817) was a British politician and Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1811–1817.

McMahon was commissioned into the 44th Foot, and later transferred to the 48th Foot and the 87th Foot. He served as a Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh from 1802 to 1812. He was Paymaster of Widows Pensions in 1812. He was Keeper of the Privy Purse, Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Secretary to the Duke of Cornwall. A proposal that he receive a salary of £2,000 as Private Secretary was rejected by Parliament in 1812.

McMahon was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1812, and died in 1817, having been made a Baronet shortly before his death. He was succeeded in the baronetcy according to a special remainder by his brother General Thomas McMahon.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir John Aubrey George Johnstone	Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh with Sir John Aubrey 1802–1812	Succeeded by Sir John Aubrey Sandford Graham
Court offices
Preceded by Herbert Taylor	Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1811–1817	Succeeded by Sir Benjamin Bloomfield
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet 1817	Succeeded by Thomas McMahon