John Bond (5 April 1678 – 19 June 1744), of Tyneham in Dorset, was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1744.

Early life

Bond was the second son of Nathaniel Bond, of Creech Grange, Dorset, a

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and MP. His elder brother was

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who was also an MP. He was admitted at

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to study law in 1697, and was

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in 1706. He married his cousin, Margaret Williams (died 1775), daughter of John Williams of

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, Dorset on 19 March 1716.

Career

Bond was returned as a stop-gap

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for Corfe Castle at a by-election on 25 February 1721 when his brother was the borough's other MP. He did not stand at the 1722 general election but replaced his brother, who became MP for

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, at the 1727 general election. He voted against the Government on the Hessians in 1730, but from then on supported the Government when present. In 1732, a report of a House of Commons committee named him as being involved with his brother in the fraudulent sale of the forfeited Derwentwater estates in 1723, but no action was taken. He was returned unopposed at the 1734 general election. In 1737, he was made a bencher of his Inn. He was returned unopposed for Corfe Castle again in

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Death and legacy

Bond died on 19 June 1744. He and his wife had four sons and two daughters. Their son, John (1717–1784), was also an MP and, as his uncle's heir, became head of the family.

References

1678 births 1744 deaths Politicians from Dorset Members of the Inner Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub