Jonathan Rashleigh (1693–1764)
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Jonathan Rashleigh (19 January 1693 – 24 November 1764) of Menabilly, Cornwall, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the
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for 37 years from 1727 to 1764.


Early life

Rashleigh was born on 19 January 1693 at
Menabilly Menabilly ( kw, Men Ebeli, meaning ''stone of Colt (horse), colts'') is a historic estate on the south coast of Cornwall, England, situated within the parish of Tywardreath on the Gribben Head, Gribben peninsula about west of Fowey. It has be ...
, near
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 ...
in Cornwall. He was the fourth and youngest son of Jonathan Rashleigh (1642–1702), MP by his second wife, Sarah (
née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
Carew) Rashleigh. His sister, Sarah Rashleigh was married to the Rev. Carolus Pole, brother of
Sir William Pole Sir William Pole (1561–1635) of Colcombe House in the parish of Colyton, and formerly of Shute House in the parish of Shute (adjoining Colcombe), both in Devon, was an English country gentleman and landowner, a colonial investor, Member ...
. His maternal grandfather was
Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet (6 November 1635 – 1 August 1692) of Antony, Cornwall, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1692. Origins Carew was the third but eldest surviving son of Sir Alexand ...
, M.P., of Antony, Cornwall.


Career

Rashleigh was appointed Recorder of Fowey in 1714. At the
1727 British general election The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was trigg ...
he was returned unopposed on the family interest as Tory
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(MP) for
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 was returned again unopposed at the general elections of 1734,
1741 Events January–March * January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. * February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a spe ...
, 1747, 1754 and
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. He is not recorded as ever speaking and never held an office or pension.


Inheritance and estates

He was heir to his brother Philip Rashleigh, a supporter of the
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who died in 1736 without issue, and his half first-cousin
Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet (c.1716 – 24 March 1748) was a British Tory politician. Biography Carew was the son of Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet and Lady Anne Coventry, daughter of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry. He was educated a ...
of Antony, who died 1748, from whom he co-inherited with his great-nephew
Reginald Pole Carew Reginald Pole Carew (28 July 1753 – 3 January 1835) was a British politician. Rt. Hon. Reginald Pole-Carew was born the son of Reginald Pole and Anne Buller of Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon. He was educated at Winchester College and Univers ...
, several manors in Cornwall, including East Antony, Manely Durnford, Langunnet, Little Deviock,
Sheviock Sheviock ( kw, Seviek, meaning ''strawberry bed'') is a coastal civil parish and a hamlet in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is two miles (3 km) south of St Germans and three miles (5 km) south-west of Saltash. ...
, Nancolleth, Pensignance, Penventon, Helsett,
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and Notter. After the death of Lady Carew in 1762 he inherited further properties, namely Roserrow in
St Minver St Minver ( kw, Sen Menvra) is the name of an ecclesiastical parish, a civil parish and a village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The civil parish of St Minver is in Bodmin Registration District and is nominally divided into St Min ...
and
Davidstow Davidstow ( kw, Logdewi (village) and kw, Pluwdhewi (parish)) is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is north of Bodmin Moor straddling the A395 road about north of Camelford. The hamlets of Hal ...
, Tregollen in St Minver and Davidstow, Trelander in St Minver and Davidstow, Grays in St Minver and Davidstow, Rosebenault in St Minver and Davidstow, Newham stream works and
St Veep St Veep ( kw, Sen Vip) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated above the east bank of the River Fowey about three miles (5 km) south-east of Lostwithiel. It is bordered by the parishes of St Winnow to the north-west ...
woods.


Personal life

On 11 June 1728, Rashleigh was married to Mary Clayton, daughter of
Sir William Clayton, 1st Baronet Sir William Clayton, 1st Baronet (died 1744) of Marden Park, Surrey and later Harleyford, was an English politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1715 to 1744. Clayton was the eldest surviving son of William Cl ...
. He and his wife had nine sons and four daughters, including: * Philip Rashleigh (1729–1811), who married his first cousin, Jane Pole (1720–1795), only daughter of the Rev. Carolus Pole (third son of Sir John Pole of Shute). * William Rashleigh (1733–), who died unmarried. * Mary Rashleigh (1737–1806), who married William Stackhouse. * Rachel Rashleigh (1739-1829), who married John Gould MD. * Rev. Jonathan Rashleigh (1740–1806), who married Catherine Stackhouse, daughter of Rev. William Stackhouse of Trehane., whose descendants continued the Menabilly line. * John Rashleigh of Penquite (1742–1803), who married Katherine Battie, daughter and co-heir of
William Battie William Battie (sometimes spelt Batty;) 1 September 1703 – 13 June 1776) was an English physician who published in 1758 the first lengthy book on the treatment of mental illness, ''A Treatise on Madness'', and by extending methods of treatment ...
, Esq. M.D. Rashleigh died on 24 November 1764 and the estates passed to his eldest son
Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
. Upon Philip's death in 1811, as he had no issue, the family estates passed to Rashleigh's grandson William Rashleigh (the eldest son of his third son), MP for Fowey and
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.


Descendants

Through his fourth son, John Rashleigh, he was a grandfather of
Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1st Baronet Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1st Baronet (23 November 1772 – 4 August 1847) was the first of the Rashleigh baronets and known as a leading figure among the gentry in the parliamentary reform movement. Early life John Colman was born on 23 Novemb ...
of Prideaux, Cornwall, and great-grandfather of
Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet (4 May 1819 – 27 October 1896) was an English Liberal Party politician. Early life Rashleigh was born on 4 May 1819 at Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. He was the eldest son of the former Harriet Wil ...
, MP for East Cornwall.


References

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