Sir John Lenthall, 1st Baronet

Sir John Lenthall (1622–1681) was an English politician, Roundhead soldier, castle governor, lawyer, civil servant and baronet.

John was the son of William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Ambrose Evans of Lodington in Northamptonshire. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was elected MP for Gloucester in 1645 and created a baronet by Oliver Cromwell, in whose army he had served as a colonel, in 1658. After the Restoration, he was made Governor of Windsor Castle in 1660 and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1672. He was knighted by Charles II in 1677.[1] He was also one of the Six Clerks in Chancery. He died on 9 November 1681 and was buried in the parish church at Besselsleigh in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), adjoining his country estate.

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  1. ^ Lee, p. 767. (also DNB vol. xxxiii p. 59)

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