John Hungerford Penruddocke (23 January 1770 – 25 December 1841) was a

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politician in the United Kingdom.

Family

Penruddocke was the eldest son of Charles Penruddocke (died 1788) of

Compton Chamberlayne Compton Chamberlayne is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the River Nadder, Nadder Valley in south Wiltshire, England, about west of Salisbury. The Nadder forms the northern boundary of the parish; to the south are ...

, Wiltshire, and Anne Henrietta, daughter of Wadham Wyndham of Fyfield, also in Wiltshire. He was educated at

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(from 1785) and

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(from 1789). He married on 3 October 1789 Maria Anne, daughter of John Pearse of Chute Standen, Wiltshire. They had no children; she died on 5 April 1831. On his death he left his estate, including Compton House, to his great-nephew Charles (1828–1899).History of Parliamen
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Public life

Penruddocke commanded the Hindon troop of the volunteer Wiltshire Yeoman Cavalry from 1799. He was

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for 1817–18 and Mayor of Wilton in 1818–19. He was

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(MP) for Wilton from 1823 until he stood down at the 1837 general election. He was a general supporter of the

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. In February 1829 he was listed by

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, the patronage secretary, as "opposed to the principle" of the ministry's Catholic emancipation bill. He also voted against Jewish emancipation on 17 May of that year. After the Great Reform, he sat for Wilton as a

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from 1832 to his retirement in 1837.

Memorial

The names of John Hungerford Pennruddocke and of his wife Mary Anne appear on the family's memorial tablet in St Michael's Church, Compton Chamberlayne.Photograph of the table
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* 1770 births 1841 deaths Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 People educated at Harrow School Alumni of New College, Oxford High Sheriffs of Wiltshire {{England-UK-MP-stub