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John Mordaunt, 2nd Baron Mordaunt (1508–1571) was an English

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and member of the

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. He had previously represented

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in the

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. He was the eldest son of

John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt (died 18 August 1562) was an English politician and peer. He was the son of John Mordaunt of Turvey, Bedfordshire, who was a member of parliament and speaker of the House of Commons of England. He was admitted to ...

of Turvey by Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Henry Vere of Great Addington, Northamptonshire. He was knighted in 1533 and inherited the title

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on his father's death in 1562. He was appointed

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and

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for 1540–41 and Constable of

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from 1554. He served as a

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(PC) from 1553. He was elected MP for Bedfordshire in 1553, April and November 1554 and 1555. He died in 1571 and was buried at Turvey. He had married twice: firstly Ella, the daughter and heiress of John Fitzlewis, with whom he had several sons and 6 daughters and secondly Joan, the daughter of Richard Fermor of Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, and the widow of Robert Wilford of London. He was succeeded by his estranged son

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References

* *Stanley T. Bindoff, John S. Roskell, Lewis Namier, Romney Sedgwick, David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, R. G. Thorne, P. W. Hasler, ''The House of Commons: 1509 - 1558; 1, Appendices, constituencies, members A - C, Volume 4'' (1982), p. 614
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