Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet ( – January 1788) was a British politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1768 to 1788, and the 1st
Jennings-Clerke Baronet.
Life
Jennings was the son of Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall, Shropshire, and was baptised Philip Jennings.
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www.newforestexplorersguide.co.uk, retrieved 28 March 2014 He was educated at
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
, established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
. He married Anne Thompson, the daughter of
Colonel Richard Thompson of Jamaica and
Coley Park
Coley Park is a suburb of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is largely built on the country estate of the same name, surrounding Coley House. It is primarily a residential area, although it is also home to the Berkshire ...
, Reading.
[Lewis Bernstein Namier, John Brooke (1985), ''The House of Commons 1754-1790'', page 680. ] He had an "undistinguished military career" in the
Horse Guards attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
He succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle Sir Talbot
Clerke, 6th Baronet,
and changed his name to Jennings-Clerke in the early 1760s.
Around 1770 he bought a lodge now known as
Foxlease
Foxlease is a training and activity centre of Girlguiding near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, UK. The Foxlease estate has been owned and managed by the Guides since 1922. The estate is and the main house is known as The Princess Mary House, in honour o ...
, just outside
Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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, and converted it into a grand, two-storey mansion.
Jennings was a
Member of Parliament
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for
Totnes
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between 1768 and 1788.
He was created 1st
Baronet Jennings-Clerke of Duddlestone Hall on 26 October 1774.
His only remaining son, Sir Charles Philip Jennings survived him by only a few months, whereupon the baronetcy became extinct.
[''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (1789), Volume 58, Part 1]
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Children
His children included:
*John Edward (died before 1788)
*Charles Philip (died 22 April 1788)[''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (1821), Volume 129]
page 476
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References
1720s births
1788 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes
British MPs 1761–1768
British MPs 1768–1774
British MPs 1774–1780
British Life Guards officers
Year of birth uncertain
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