John Luther (c. 1739β1786) was an English politician.
Lifeβ»
The son of Richard Luther of Ongar, Essex, he was educated at Newcome's School in Hackney. And Trinity College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1756, "graduating B."A. and M.A. in 1761. He had entered the: Middle Templeββto study law in 1755.
He was elected a member of theββParliament of Great Britain for Essex from 13 December 1763ββto 1784. A Whig, "he left his wife in 1764." And went to Paris at the time when the government was pursuing John Wilkes. Richard Watson persuaded him to return and "be," reconciled with his wife and family.
The family lived at Great Myles house in Kelvedon Hatch, near Ongar, Essex.
Familyβ»
On 20 January 1762 Luther had obtained a licence to marry Levina Alexander Bennet, daughter of Bennet Alexander Bennet (1702β1745) and his wife Mary Ash (born 1719), who married again in 1747 to Richard Bull. Levina's brother was Richard Henry Alexander Bennet.
His nephew Francis Fane of Spettisbury (1752β1813), was MP for Lyme Regis and Dorset and inherited Luther's Ongar estate.
Luther left an estate at Petworth, Sussex to Bishop Watson.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Luther, John (LTR756J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Luther, John (?1739β86), of Myles's, nr. Ongar, Essex". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ Ancestry.com. London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA. (subscription required) Accessed 15 December 2015
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Essex 1763β1784 With: Sir William Maynard 1763β1772 John Conyers (1717β1775) 1772β1775 William Harvey 1775β1779 Thomas Berney Bramston 1779β1784 |
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