John Sawbridge

John Sawbridge (1732 – 21 February 1795) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780.

Sawbridge was the eldest son of John Sawbridge of Olantigh and his wife Elizabeth Wanley, daughter of George Wanley.^[1]

Sawbridge was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hythe at the 1768 general election,^[2] and held the seat until 1774.^[3] At the 1774 general election he contested two seats: he was defeated in Hythe,^[2] but was elected as one of the 4 MPs for the City of London.^[4] He was defeated in London at the general election in September 1780,^[4] but one of his successors, John Kirkman, who died on the day when the polls closed and had been returned posthumously.^[4] Sawbridge was returned without a contest at the resulting by-election in November 1780,^[4] and was re-elected in 1784^[5] and 1790,^[6] holding the seat until his death on 21 February 1795, aged 62.^[7]

He was a Sheriff of London in 1770 and elected Lord Mayor of London in 1775 in succession to John Wilkes.

Sawbridge died aged 62. Sawbridge had married firstly on 15 November 1763 Mary Diana Bridgeman, daughter of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet. She died without issue in 1764 and he married secondly Anne Stephenson daughter of Sir William Stephenson.^[1] His son Samuel Elias Sawbridge was Member of Parliament for Canterbury.

References

^ ^a ^b John Burke History of the Commoners of Great Britain
^ ^a ^b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 165. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stooks Smith, page 210
^ London Gazette: no. 12540. p. 3. 4 May 1784. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
^ London Gazette: no. 13213. p. 397. 26 June 1790. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Lord George Sackville William Amherst	Member of Parliament for Hythe 1768 – 1774 With: William Evelyn	Succeeded by Sir Charles Farnaby-Radcliffe, Bt William Evelyn
Preceded by Barlow Trecothick Thomas Harley Frederick Bull Richard Oliver	Member of Parliament for the City of London 1774 – Sep. 1780 With: Richard Oliver Frederick Bull George Hayley	Succeeded by John Kirkman Nathaniel Newnham George Hayley Frederick Bull
Preceded by John Kirkman Nathaniel Newnham George Hayley Frederick Bull	Member of Parliament for the City of London Nov 1780 – 1795 With: George Hayley 1774–81 Frederick Bull 1773–84 Nathaniel Newnham 1780–90 Sir Watkin Lewes 1781–96 Brook Watson 1784–93 William Curtis 1784–1818 John William Anderson from 1793	Succeeded by William Lushington Sir Watkin Lewes William Curtis John William Anderson

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Name	Sawbridge, John
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Short description	Member of the Parliament of Great Britain
Date of birth	1732
Place of birth
Date of death	21 February 1795
Place of death