Sir John Pakington, 4th Baronet (1671–1727) of Westwood, near Droitwich, Worcestershire was an English Tory politician who sat in the

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between 1690 and 1727. Pakington was the only son of

Sir John Pakington, 3rd Baronet Sir John Pakington, 3rd Baronet, (c. 1649 – March 1688) of Westwood House near Droitwich, Worcestershire was the only surviving son of Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet. Like most of his family he was a Tory and served as member of parliament for ...

and his wife Margaret Keyt, daughter of Sir John Keyt, 1st Baronet, of Ebrington, Gloucestershire.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
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in 1688. Also in 1688, he succeeded his father to the

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and

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. He married Frances Parker, the daughter of

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MP of Honington, Warwickshire by licence dated 28 August 1691. Pakington was known for his

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views. He was returned as

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for

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at the 1690 general election, but did not stand in 1695. He was returned for Worcestershire in contests at the 1698 general election, the two general elections of 1701 and the

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. Also in 1702 he was returned as MP for

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, but opted to sit for Worcestershire. He was returned for Worcestershire in a contest at the

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and unopposed in

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. Pakington was returned in a contest for Worcestershire at the

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and unopposed at the

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. He was appointed

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for Worcester in 1726, a year before to his death. Pakington married as his second wife Hester Perrott, the daughter and heiress of Sir Herbert Perrott of Haroldston, Pembrokeshire. He died just after Parliament was dissolved on 13 August 1727. He had three daughters but no sons by his first marriage. He was succeeded as an MP and a baronet by his only son from his second marriage,

Sir Herbert Pakington, 5th Baronet Sir Herbert Perrott Pakington, 5th Baronet (c. 1701 – 24 September 1748), of Westwood, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1741. Early life Pakington was the only survivin ...

. In the latter part of the eighteenth century he was said to be the model for

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, the mildly satirical figure of the Tory gentry guyed in ''

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'', though there is little factual evidence to support this identification.

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