Sir John Duckworth
Sir John Duckworth standing between a chair to the left and low bookcase to the right, holding a top hat in his left hand
Sir John Duckworth, 1861 photograph
Member of Parliament
for Exeter
In office
7 July 1845  27 March 1857
Serving with Edward Divett
Preceded byWilliam Webb Follett
Edward Divett
Succeeded byRichard Gard
Edward Divett
Personal details
Born17 March 1809
Died29 November 1887(1887-11-29) (aged 78)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Mary Isabella Buller
(m. 1850)
ChildrenThree daughters
Parent(s)John Duckworth
Susanna Catherine Buller

Sir John Thomas Buller Duckworth, 2nd Baronet (17 March 1809 – 29 November 1887)[1] was a British Conservative politician.

Life

He was the son of his namesake John Duckworth and Susanna Catherine Buller. He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford in 1826, graduating B.A. in 1829.[2] He inherited the baronetcy of Topsham in 1817 on the death of his father.[3]

Duckworth was elected Conservative MP for Exeter at a by-election in 1845—caused by the death of William Webb Follett—and held the seat until 1857 when he did not seek re-election at that year's general election.[4]

Family

Duckworth married Mary Isabella Buller, daughter of John and Harriet Buller, in 1850, and they had three children: Mary Georgiana (born 1852); Evelyn Harriet (born 1857); and, Fanny Catherine (born 1860).

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Duckworth, (Sir) John Thomas Buller (Bart.)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co via Wikisource.
  3. "Sir John Thomas Buller Duckworth, 2nd Bt". The Peerage. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.


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