Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet
Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet (19 September 1743 – 3 October 1811), of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1767 to 1788.[1]
He was born the first son of Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Bt., of Llanelly and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1760.[2] He succeeded his father as 8th Baronet in 1772.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Monmouth Boroughs from 1767 to 1788.
He died unmarried in Trnava, Hungary in 1811. He was succeeded to the baronetcy by his brother Thomas, but left his estate to his illegitimate child, William Chambers.
References
[edit]- ^ "STEPNEY, John (1743-1811), of Llanelly, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
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