1730 - 1806 (75 years)
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| Name |
John Walker |
| Suffix |
MP |
| Birth |
17 May 1730 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
26 Feb 1806 |
| Person ID |
I76328 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2014 |
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| Notes |
- of Lyneham and Compton Bassett, Wilts.
MP for Cricklade
m. 15 Oct. 1763, Arabella, da. of Jonathan Cope of Overton, Hants, s.p. suc. fa. 27 Apr. 1758; purchased estate of Compton Bassett from William Northey for £4,000.1 At the request of his cos. Elizabeth Heneage (whose heir he was) assumed name of Heneage 8 Mar. 1777.
Heneage was prominent in society, and a heavy gambler. George Selwyn wrote to Lord Carlisle, 6 Mar. 1782:2'Your kinsman [Heneage's mother-in-law was Carlisle's half-sister] is a cul de plomb at the table, and has lost, I believe, both his eyes and his fortune at it. He seems so blind as not to see the card which is before him.'
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