Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet (19 September 1743 – 3 October 1811), of

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, was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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from 1767 to 1788. He was born the first son of Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Bt., of Llanelly and educated at

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, where he matriculated in 1760. He succeeded his father as 8th Baronet in 1772. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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from 1767 to 1788. He died unmarried in Trnava, Hungary in 1811. He was succeeded to the baronetcy by his brother Thomas, but left his estate to his illegitimate child, William Chambers.

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