John Conyers (13 December 1717 – 8 September 1775) was a British Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of

Edward Conyers Edward Conyers (baptised 14 February 1693 – 23 April 1742) was an English barrister and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1725 and 1741. Early life Conyers was the second son of John Conyers, MP of Walthamstow, Essex, and ...

, MP and was educated at University College, Oxford (1735). He succeeded his father in 1742, inheriting a somewhat dilapidated Copt Hall, near Epping, Essex, which he demolished and rebuilt. He was a Tory member of the

Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...

for Reading from 1747 to 1754 and for Essex from 25 February 1772 to 8 September 1775. He married twice; firstly Hannah, the daughter of Richard Warner, of North Elmham, Norfolk and secondly his cousin, Lady Henrietta Frances, the daughter of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret. They had 13 children, of whom 8 survived.

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