John Dodd (''c.'' 1693 – 25 August 1719) was an

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politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1717 to 1719. Dodd was the only surviving son of Sir Samuel Dodd, chief baron of the Exchequer, and his wife Isabel Croke, daughter of Sir Robert Croke, MP, of

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, Buckinghamshire. He was admitted at

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in 1706 and matriculated at

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on 2 July 1709, aged 16. He succeeded his father in 1716. Dodd stood for parliament in a by election for

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on 27 June 1716. He was defeated initially, but was seated on petition on 12 April 1717 as

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for Wells. Dodd died unmarried and intestate on 25 August 1719. His estates passed to his first cousin once removed, another John Dodd.

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1690s births 1719 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub