Sir John Chetwode, 4th Baronet (11 May 1764 – 17 December 1845) was a British politician and baronet. Born in

Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...

, he was the only surviving son of Sir John Chetwode, 3rd Baronet and his wife Dorothy Bretland, third daughter of Thomas Bretland. In 1779, he succeeded his father as baronet. He was commissioned as a

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in the

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when it was formed on 4 July 1794. He remained with the regoient until 1800, but apparently never commanded a

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. He entered the

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in 1815, sitting for

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until 1818. He represented

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as Member of Parliament (MP) from 1841 until his death in 1845. On 26 October 1785, he married firstly Lady Henrietta Grey, eldest daughter of George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford in

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. She died in 1826 and Chetwode married Elizabeth Bristow, daughter of John Bristow in 1827. He had seven daughters and eight sons by his first wife. Chetwode died, aged 82 at his residence in

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and was buried in

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. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son John.

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* 1764 births 1845 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Staffordshire Yeomanry officers High sheriffs of Cheshire UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1841–1847 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Newcastle-under-Lyme People from Stockport {{England-baronet-stub