John Doddington was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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in 1640.

Early life

Doddington was the fourth son of the former Mary Herbert and Sir William Doddington (1572–1638) of

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, an MP who served as

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. When his parents married, his mother brought the manor of

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. His father settled the manor of South Charford on his brother

Herbert Doddington Herbert Doddington (died 1633) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1626 to 1629. Doddington was the son of Sir William Doddington of Breamore House Hampshire and his wife Mary Herbert daughter of Sir John Herbert ...

when he married Elizabeth Colles in 1629. His sister Katherine Doddington married Peregrine Hoby, MP for

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, and his sister Ann Doddington married John Bulkeley, MP for

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, Newtown,

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and

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. In 1629, his brother Henry Doddington was hanged in London for murdering their mother. His paternal grandfather was William Dodington of

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(who died in 1600), and his maternal grandparents were Margaret (

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Morgan) Herbert and Sir John Herbert of

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who served as Secretary of State under

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and

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Career

After his brother Herbert died childless in 1633, his father held the manor of South Charford again until his death in 1638, when John inherited all his estates and Breamore House. 'Parishes: North Charford with South Charford', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 560-563. Date accessed: 20 April 2011
/ref> In April 1640, Doddington was elected

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for

in the

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Personal life

Doddington married a sister of Sir Thomas Trench. Together they had two daughters: * Margaret Doddington, who married Sir Thomas Hannan but died childless. * Anne Dodington (–1690), who married

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(–1676), son of

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. After his death in 1676, she married

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MP for

and

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.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 334. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Descendants

Through his daughter Anne, he was a grandfather of Doddington Greville, Duchess of Manchester (1671–1720), who married

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in 1690, as well as John, Francis, Charles, Robert, William, and Fulke Greville. As all their sons died before their father, the titles passed to his younger brother,

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(1643–1710), who inherited the manor of South Charford remaining in the family until around 1748, when Francis Greville, 8th Baron Brooke sold his Hampshire estates.British History Online, Victoria County History, North Charford with South Charford
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References

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