John Hanbury (6 August 1744 – 6 April 1784) was a British heir and politician who sat in the

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from 1766 to 1784.

Early life

John Hanbury was born in 1744. His father,

Capel Hanbury Capel Hanbury (1707–1765) was an Anglo-Welsh businessman and Whig politician. Life He was the third son of John Hanbury of Pontypool, an ironmaster, and his second wife Bridget Ayscough, daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough; and brother of Charles ...

served as the Member of Parliament for Leominster. His mother was Jane Tracy. His paternal grandfather was John Hanbury, while his maternal grandfather was Thomas Tracy, 5th Viscount Tracy. His great grandfather, Capel Hanbury (1625–1704), began the building of

Pontypool Park Pontypool Park () is a park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury (1744–1784), John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely ...

House in 1659, where he grew up at

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. His family was responsible for the industrialisation and urbanisation of the eastern valley through which runs the

Afon Llwyd The Afon Lwyd or Afon Llwyd () is a long river in south-east Wales which flows from its source northwest of Blaenavon, through Abersychan, Pontnewynydd, Pontypool, Llanfrechfa and Cwmbran before flowing, at Caerleon, into the River Usk, which ...

(in English "grey river") in

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...

around

Pontypool Pontypool ( ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the Historic counties of Wales, historic boundaries of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire in South Wales. , it has a population of 29,062. Locat ...

Career

Hanbury was MP for Monmouthshire from 1765 until 1785, before a writ was issued for a by-election.

Personal life and death

Hanbury lived in the manor-house of Hoarstone in

(which now houses

St. Alban's R.C. High School St Alban's RC High School (Welsh: ''Ysgol Uwchradd Catholig Sain Alban'') is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The school provides education from ages 11-16. The school is situated in Park House, the former home of ...

and Pontypool Museum). He also built the Shell Grotto, Pontypool and

Folly Tower A folly tower is a tower that has been built as an architectural folly, that is, constructed for ornamental rather than practical reasons. Folly towers are common in Great Britain and Ireland, and often do have some practical value as landmarks, or ...

above Pontypool Park. With his wife, he had issue: * John Capel Hanbury * Capel Hanbury - later he took the name of Hanbury-Leigh * Charles Hanbury-Tracy was created

Baron Sudeley Baron Sudeley is a hereditary title that has been created three times in the history of Britain, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1299 when John de ...

. Hanbury died in 1784, aged 39.

References

External links

Welsh Biography Online
1744 births 1784 deaths 18th-century Welsh businesspeople British ironmasters Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 {{UK-business-bio-1740s-stub