James Nelthorpe (1675–1734), of
Lynford
Lynford is a village and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk. The parish covers an area of , and the 2001 Census recorded a population of 157 in 81 households. Lynford lies north east of Brandon and between Mundford, to the north ...
, Norfolk, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the
House of Commons from 1728 to 1734.
Early life
Nelthorpe was baptized on 17 November 1675, the son of Edward Nelthorpe of St. Mary Abchurch, London (second son of
Sir Goddard Nelthorpe, 2nd Baronet), and his wife Mary Gostwick (daughter of
Sir William Gostwick, 4th Baronet Sir William Gostwick, 4th Baronet (21 August 1650 – 24 January 1720) was an English Whig politician who served as MP for Bedfordshire from 1698 to 1713.
Early life
Gostwick was baptised on 21 August 1650. He was the second, but eldest survivin ...
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He was educated at ]Merchant Taylors School
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in 1687.[
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Career
In 1717 he acquired the manor of Lynford from Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet where he built Lynford Hall
Lynford Hall is a neo-Jacobean country house at Mundford, near Thetford in the English county of Norfolk. It is now a hotel.
Location
The Lynford Hall Hotel is a short distance east of the A1065County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk ...
. Sir Robert Walpole often spent a night there on his way to Houghton.[
Nelthorpe was returned as ]Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for Tiverton, at a by election on 1 March 1728, probably on Walpole's recommendation. He voted consistently with the Administration, except when he was absent on the excise bill.[
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Personal life
Nelthorpe died unmarried on 20 April 1734, after the dissolution of Parliament but shortly before the 1734 British general election
The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's incr ...
. He left a natural son, James Nelthorpe, to the guardianship of Walpole. He was known as "Rugged Nelthorpe" because of his pride and ill-nature.
References
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1675 births
1734 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1727–1734