John Snell (1682–13 September 1726), of

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, was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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from 1713 to 1726. Snell was the eldest son of well-to-do Thomas Snell of Gloucester (

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in 1699) and his wife Bridget. He was admitted at the

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in 1700 and called to the bar in 1704. In 1713 he married Anna Maria Huntingdon, the daughter and heiress of

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, briefly

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, and the niece and heiress of Sir John Powell of Gloucester. Two months later, he inherited the estates of the latter and also bought the manor of Lower Guiting in Gloucestershire. Snell was elected as a Tory

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(MP) for

at the 1713 general election. He was re-elected at the general elections of

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and

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. He spoke frequently and voted consistently against the government. Snell died 13 September 1726 and was buried in the church of St. Mary de Crypt, Gloucester. His estates passed to his (eldest) son, Powell. He also left a daughter.

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