Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet
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Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet (18 December 1771 – 28 March 1852) was an English landowner, Member of Parliament and amateur
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Career

He was the son of
Sir John Shelley, 5th Baronet Sir John Shelley, 5th Baronet (1730 – 11 September 1783), of Michelgrove in Sussex, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1751 to 1780. He was the eldest son of Sir John Shelley, 4th Baronet and Margaret Pelham, two of ...
by Wilhelmina, the daughter of John Newnham of Maresfield Park. He was educated at
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(1786–89) and
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(1789) and embarked on the Grand Tour in 1789. Shelley became 6th Baronet in September 1783 on the death of his father and inherited Michelgrove House near Patching, Sussex, which he was obliged to sell for financial reasons when he became of age. He served in the Army as an Ensign in the
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in 1790, becoming a lieutenant and captain in 1793 and Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Sussex. He was also a lieutenant in the Petworth yeomanry in 1797. He married in 1807 Frances, the daughter and heiress of Thomas Winckley of Brockholes, Lancashire, with whom he had 4 sons and 2 daughters. He inherited Maresfield Park in Sussex in 1814 on the death of his maternal uncle. He was also a notable breeder of
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racehorses including The Derby winners
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(1824) and
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Cricket career

He was mainly associated with
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and was an early member of
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(MCC).
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, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862
He made 10 known appearances in
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Family

He died in 1852 and was succeeded by his eldest son
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. His third son
Adolphus Edward Shelley Adolphus Edward Shelley (1812 – May 29, 1854) was an early British colonial official and the first Auditor-General in British Hong Kong. Early life Shelley was the third son of Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet in Michelgrove, Sussex, England. He ...
was the first
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in
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. His wife, Frances Winkley, Lady Shelley (1787–1873), was a noted diarist and close friend of the Duke of Wellington.


References


Shelley genealogy
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* , - 1771 births 1852 deaths People educated at Winchester College People educated at Eton College Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Brighton cricketers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 Owners of Epsom Derby winners Shelley baronets, of Michelgrove People from Maresfield {{England-cricket-bio-1770s-stub