John Conyers (6 March 1650 – 10 March 1725) of Walthamstow, Essex was an

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lawyer and politician who sat in the

and British House of Commons for 30 years from 1695 to 1725. Conyers was the eldest son of Tristram Conyers, serjeant-at-law, MP of Walthamstow and his wife Winifred Gerard, daughter of

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, MP of Flamberds, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex. He was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School from 1663 to 1665 and matriculated at

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on 7 April 1666, aged 16. He then studied law at the

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from 1666, was called to the bar in 1672 and was made King's Counsel (KC) in about 1693. Conyers married, by licence dated 16 January 1681, Mary Lee, the daughter and heiress of George Lee of Stoke St, Milborough, Shropshire He became a bencher of his Inn in 1702. He was a cousin of

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, MP for Durham City, Conyers was returned as

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for East Grinstead at the 1695 general election, and sat until the 1708 general election when he was defeated. However also in 1708, he was returned unopposed as MP for

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. He was returned unopposed for East Grinstead again at the

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and

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general elections. He was returned as MP for East Grinstead again in

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and voted against the Government in all instances. He sat until his death in 1725. Conyers died on 10 March 1725. He and his wife had 16 children, including a son and five daughters. He was succeeded as MP for East Grinstead by his son Edward Conyers (c. 1693 – 23 April 1742).

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