John Calvert (1726–1804), was an English brewer and politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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for 48 years between 1754 and 1802.
Calvert was born on 6 May 1726 the son of Felix Calvert of
Albury Hall and his wife Mary Calvert daughter of Felix Calvert of
Nine Ashes
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, Hertfordshire who was his second cousin.
The Calvert family were London brewers who owned the Peacock Brewhouse in
Whitecross Street
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Since 2010, there has been an annual Whitecross Street Party one weekend in the s ...
and the Hour Glass brewhouse in Thames Street.
Calvert was returned as
Member of Parliament
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for
Wendover
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by Lord Verney in a by-election on 25 February 1754 and was re-elected in the
1754 general election. His father died on 29 April 1755 and he inherited a partnership in the family business at the Peacock Brewery, Whitecross Street which he ran successfully for many years.
[
In ]1761
Events
January–March
* January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II.
* January 16 – Siege of P ...