Caleb Lomax (c. 1695–1730), of Childwick Bury, near St Albans, Hertfordshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1727 to 1730. Childwickbury Manor

Lomax was the eldest surviving son of Joshua Lomax MP of Childwick Bury, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire and his wife Ruth Lee, daughter of John Lee of Plaistow, Sussex. He was admitted at

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on 27 July 1713. In 1724 he succeeded his father to Childwick Bury. He married Mary Rose. Lomax's electoral influence at

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was so strong that

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was discouraged from backing her grandson as a candidate there at the

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. Lomax was returned as

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for St Albans after a contest. He voted for the Government on the civil list arrears in 1729. Lomax died on 7 March 1730. He had one surviving son Caleb.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lomax, Caleb 1690s births 1730 deaths Year of birth uncertain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1727–1734