Person:John Lethbridge (2)

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Sir John Lethbridge
b.1747
  • F.  John Lethbridge (add)
  • M.  Grace Carder (add)
  1. Sir John Lethbridge1747 - 1815
  • HSir John Lethbridge1747 - 1815
  • W.  Dorothy Buckler (add)
m. 24 Jun 1776
  1. Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge1778 - 1849
  2. Dorothea Lethbridge1779 -
  3. Jacinthia Ann Lethbridge1780 - 1787
  4. Frances Maria Lethbridge1785 -
Facts and Events
Name Sir John Lethbridge
Gender Male
Birth? 1747
Marriage 24 Jun 1776 Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, Englandto Dorothy Buckler (add)
Death[1] Taunton, Somerset, England
Burial[2][3] 26 Dec 1815 Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England
References
  1. The Gentleman's magazine 1731-1907
    87, Jan 1816.

    At Taunton, aged 69, Sir John Lethbridge, bart, of Sandhill Park, Somerset; created a baronet, May 12, 1804. He married, in June 1776, Dorthea, eldest daughter of William Buckler, esq. of Boreham, Wilts; by whom he had issue Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, M.P. for Somerset in 1806 and 1807; who succeeds to the title and estates; and two daughters.

  2. England. National Burial Index.
  3. Parish Register.

    image at ancestry [1]

  4.   The Seat of Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, Bart., M. P., in Jones's view of the seats, mansions, castles etc. of noblemen and gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. (London: Jones, 1829).

    The family of Lethbridge had been settled in Devonshire, at Westaway and Winkleigh Court, for many generations, as is testified by the ancient monuments in the curious old church of St. Mary Arches, Exeter, and Pilter church, near Barnstaple. One of the family, Thomas Lethbridge, Esq., married Sarah, the daughter of John Periam, of Milverton, Esq., descended from Sir William Periam, Knight, of the Middle Temple, appointed Lord Chief Baron of the exchequer by Queen Elizabeth; and had issue - 1st Christopher Lethbridge, of Westaway House, Esq., who had a daughter and sole heiress, Elizabeth, married to the Honorable Hugh Somerville, father of John Lord Somerville; and 2d. John Lethbridge, of Westaway and Winkley Court, in the County of Devon, Esq., who married Grace Carder, of Westdown, in the same county, and had issue one son, Sir John Lethbridge, created a Baronet, 15th June 1804, who dying 15 December, 1815, was succeded by the present Baronet, Sir Thomas, who has represented the County of Somerset in several Parliaments, since the year 1806.