John Kenrick (1735 – 18 September 1799) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons of Great Britain
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from 1780 to 1790.
He was educated at
Harrow, at
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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and at the
Middle Temple
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, where he was
called to the bar
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in 1759, and became a
bencher
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in 1792.
He was
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance
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between 1780 and 1783.
He was elected at the
1780 general election as a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for the
rotten borough
A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act 1832, which had a very small electorat ...
of
Bletchingley
Bletchingley (historically "Blechingley") is a village in Surrey, England. It is on the A25 road to the east of Redhill, Surrey, Redhill and to the west of Godstone, has a conservation area with Middle Ages, medieval buildings and is mostly on a ...
in Surrey. The previous year, he had purchased the succession rights to the manor and borough from his cousin
Sir Robert Clayton, Bt, and Clayton again returned him for Bletchingley in
1784
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Treaty of Constantinople: The Ottoman Empire agrees to Russia's annexation of the Crimea.
* January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Brit ...
. However, the two men fell out when Clayton tried unsuccessfully to revoke the sale, and although Kenrick won the court case, Clayton did not return him to Parliament in
1790
Events
January–March
* January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City.
* January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which took p ...
.
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1735 births
1799 deaths
People from Tandridge (district)
People educated at Harrow School
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Members of the Middle Temple
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1780–1784
British MPs 1784–1790
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