William Jephson (c. 1647 – 7 June 1691) was an English politician.

Biography

The second son of William Jephson of

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, and Alicia Dynham of

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, he was first elected to Parliament for

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at the general election of October 1679, sitting until 1681. He unsuccessfully stood for

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in 1685.Leonard Naylor
JEPHSON, William (c.1647-91), of Boarstall, Bucks.
in ''

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: the House of Commons 1660-1690'' (1983). He served as private secretary to William of Orange from November 1688 to July 1689, and was returned to Parliament for

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and 1690. From April 1689 until his death he was

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JEPHSON, William (c.1647-91), of Boarstall, Bucks.
in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715'' (2002). In about 1674 Jephson married Mary, daughter of William Lewis of

and Margaret Banastre, later Duchess of Richmond. On the death of her brother

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in July 1674 the Jephsons inherited the Boarstall estate. They had one daughter, Frances, who was married in 1716 to Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet. Jephson's widow was remarried successively to Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet, to

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, and to William Aubrey, before dying in 1717.

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1640s births 1691 deaths Members of the Middle Temple English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1690–1695 Politicians from Buckinghamshire People from Froyle {{17thC-England-MP-stub