Christopher D'Oyly (1717 – 19 January 1795) was a

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of the

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, under-secretary in the colonial department and commissary-general of the musters in which capacity he took part in the planning for the

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.Christopher D'Oyly.
The Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 26 October 2016. In 1765, D'Oyly married Sarah Stanley (1725–1821), the granddaughter of

Sir Hans Sloane Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Irish physician, naturalist, and collector. He had a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British ...

. In 1774 he became the member of Parliament for Wareham, and in 1780 for Seaford. He retired in 1784.

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1717 births 1795 deaths People from Banbury English barristers English civil servants Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub