John Martin (1692–1767) was a British banker and politician who sat in the

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from 1741 to 1747. Overbury Court1

Martin was the third son of William Martin of Evesham, Worcestershire and his wife Elizabeth Knight, daughter of John Knight of Barrells, Warwickshire and was baptised on 8 July 1692. He bought

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in 1723 from the Parsons family and rebuilt the Elizabethan manor house in the Georgian style in 1740 after a disastrous fire. He married firstly Catherine Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson of Sneyd Park, Gloucestershire before 1724. He was connected with the family bank, later

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, in Lombard Street by 1731 though not yet a partner. He succeeded his younger brother

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as senior partner in 1744. Martin stood for Parliament at

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at the 1734 general election but was defeated. He was returned unopposed as

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for Tewkesbury in the

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. He stood as a Whig and voted with the Administration in all recorded divisions. He did not stand again in

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. Martin married secondly Anna Kinloch, a widow and kinswoman of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire on. 21 July 1763. He died on 7 March 1767. His sons by his first wife

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and

were also elected to Parliament.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John 1692 births 1767 deaths British MPs 1741–1747 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies