John Denny Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton (died 1761), was an

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politician and peer.

Biography

Vesey was the son of

Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet (1668?–1730), was an Anglo-Irish clergyman. He was Bishop of Ossory from 1714 to 1730. He was born at Cork, Ireland, when his father, John Vesey, later Archbishop of Tuam, was Dean of Cork. He was educated at Eton ...

, and his wife and cousin Mary Muschamp, only surviving daughter and heiress of Denny Muschamp of Horsley,

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, and his wife Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of Michael Boyle,

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. In 1727 he was elected to the

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as the Member of Parliament for

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, holding the seat until 1750. On 6 August 1730, he succeeded to his father's

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. On 10 April 1750 he was elevated to the

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as Baron Knapton, in the Queen's County, in the

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, and he assumed his seat in the

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.John Debrett
''The peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland''
9th Edition (G. Woodfall, 1814), p. 1058. Retrieved 25 February 2016. He married Elizabeth Brownlow, daughter of William Brownlow. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Thomas Vesey, who was made

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in 1776. His daughter Elizabeth married

Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery Edmund Sexton Pery, 1st Viscount Pery (8 April 1719 – 24 February 1806) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as the penultimate Speaker of the Irish House of Commons between 1771 and 1785. He was one of the most powerful and prominent poli ...

, and another daughter Anne married

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References

Year of birth unknown 1761 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Irish House of Lords Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies Peers of Ireland created by George II {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub