Jonathan Elford (November 1684 – 10 December 1755) was an English

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politician.

Biography

Elford was the son of Jonathan Elford and Amy Halse, and he succeeded to his father's estates in 1690. He was educated at

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and entered the

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in 1702. On 23 April 1713 he married Anne Neville, daughter of Sir Thomas Nevill, 1st Baronet. At a by-election in 1710, Elford was returned as a Tory

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for

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. He was elected again for the seat in the

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. He was listed as Tory in analyses of the 1713 and 1715 parliaments. In August 1714 Elford was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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and the following year was selected to represent the

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Fowey Fowey ( ; kw, Fowydh, meaning 'Beech Trees') is a port town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town has been in existence since well before the Norman invasion, with the local ch ...

. He held the seat until 1722.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elford, Jonathan 1684 births 1755 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 British MPs 1715–1722 Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall Members of the Middle Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Fowey Tory members of the Parliament of Great Britain