Sir John Coghill, 1st Baronet (died 1785), also known as John Mayne, was a

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officer and

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politician.

Biography

Born John Mayne, he assumed the surname of Coghill upon his marriage to Hester Coghill, an heiress and daughter of James Coghill and niece of

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. He was a

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in the 14th Regiment of Dragoons in 1734, a captain in 1754 and a major 1766. His name had disappeared from the Army lists by 1771. Between 1780 and his death he represented Newport in the

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. He was elected unopposed on the interest of the

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. In May 1784 he was classed as a Pittite. There is no record of his having spoken in the

. He was created a

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, of Richings in the

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on 24 March 1781.John Burke & Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland'' (W. Clowes, 1844), p.122. He died without issue at which point the title became extinct.

References

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