Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet (1600–1624) was an
English baronet and M.P. for
Aylesbury
Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, David Tugwell`s house on Watermead and the Waterside Theatre. It is in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wy ...
in 1623–24.
Biography
John was the only son of
John Pakington (died 1625)
Sir John Pakington (1549 – 18 January 1625) of Aylesbury was a courtier in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He was a favourite of Elizabeth's who nicknamed him "Lusty Pakington" for his physique and sporting abilities. Away from court h ...
. He was created a baronet in June 1620, and sat in Parliament for Aylesbury in 1623–1624. Pakington died in October 1624, and was buried at Aylesbury. He predeceased his father by some months, and so on the death of his father, his father's estates were inherited by the 1st Baronet's son
Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet (13 August 1621 – 1680) of Westwood House, near Droitwich, Worcestershire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679. He supported the Royalist cause in the ...
.
Family
Sir John married Frances, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, with whom he had two children, a son
John (1620–1680), who succeeded to the title, and one daughter (Elizabeth), who married, first, Colonel Henry Washington, and, secondly,
Samuel Sandys of Ombersley in Worcestershire.
His widow, Frances, married at St. Antholin, Budge Row, London, on 29 December 1626, "Mr. Robert Leasly, gent." The similarity of name may account for the incorrect statement sometimes made that she became the second wife of
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (15804 April 1661) was a Scottish soldier in Swedish and Scottish service. Born illegitimate and raised as a foster child, he subsequently advanced to the rank of a Swedish Field Marshal, and in Scotland b ...
. However, the bridegroom in question was in fact Robert Leslie, son of
Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores.
[Edward J. Davies, "A Descent of Tony Blair from James V, King of Scots", ''The Genealogist'', 22(2008):247-55.]
Notes
References
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Further reading
*''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1939), s.v. Hampton, Baron
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1600 births
1624 deaths
English MPs 1624–1625
Baronets in the Baronetage of England