John Jennings (St Albans MP)

For other people named John Jennings, see John Jennings (disambiguation).

Sir John Jennings KB (died August 1642) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1642.

Jennings of Sandridge in Hertfordshire succeeded his father as head of the family in 1609. He was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1626 and was created Knight of the Bath in the same year. In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for St Albans and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was re-elected MP for St Albans in April 1640 for the Short Parliament and again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament.^[1] He was a sympathiser of the Parliamentary cause, but died before the outbreak of the English Civil War.

Jennings son, Richard, succeeded him as MP for St Albans. Richard's daughter, Sarah, married the 1st Duke of Marlborough and was the confidant of Queen Anne.

References

^ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239

D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Goring	Member of Parliament for St Albans 1628-1629 With: Robert Kirkham	Succeeded by Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for St Albans 1640-1642 With: Richard Coningsby 1640 Edward Wingate	Succeeded by Richard Jennings Edward Wingate

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Name	Jennings, John
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Short description	English politician
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Date of death	1642
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