John Tempest (23 April 1710 – 17 May 1776) of Sherburn and

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was a landowner and

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. He was born into the Old Durham branch of the Tempest family, the son of John Tempest (1679–1737) and Jane Wharton (1683–1736) and educated at

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He inherited the family's extensive landed interests, including the manors of

(purchased in 1742 for £8,000), The Isle, Kelloe, Old Durham, Brancepeth and Rainton, which helped make them among the largest shippers of

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via

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in the late 18th century. He was Mayor of Hartlepool in 1747 and 1758 and represented the City of Durham in the

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of 1741, 1747, 1754 and 1761.Robert Surtees,''History of Durham, Vol. I, Appendix, p. cli'' He married Frances Shuttleworth (?–1771), on 5 September 1738. Their son John Tempest Jr. succeeded him in Parliament. Tempest Sr. was an ancestor of the Vane-Tempest-Stewarts, Earls Vane and Marquesses of Londonderry.

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