Sir John Jacques, 1st Baronet (died 1650) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1640. Jacques was the son of John Jacques and his wife Elizabeth Cowper daughter of John Cowper, alderman and sheriff of London. He was created Baronet, of the County of Middlesex, by King Charles I on 2 September 1628. William Courthope
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/ref> In April 1640, Jacques was elected

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for

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in the

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. Jacques married Mary but died without issue in 1650 when the baronetcy became extinct.

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