Sir John Dineley 2nd Baronet (c. 1680 – 1741) of Burhope/Burghope House in the parish of

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Early life

He was born John Goodere in about 1680, the second son, and eventual heir, of

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. His mother, Helen née Dineley, was the granddaughter of

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Career

He embarked on a career at sea in the merchant navy, and was a volunteer on HMS ''Diamond'' in 1708. In that year, or shortly after, he inherited the

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, estate of his maternal ancestors, and took their name of Dineley, instead of that of Goodere.

Personal life

In or before 1720, he married Mary Lawford, but he divorced her "for adultery with Sir John Jasson"

Murder and aftermath

Sir John had long been on bad terms with his younger brother Samuel Goodere, and on 17 January 1741 he was strangled at his brother's direction on his brother's ship HMS ''Ruby'' off

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. On behalf of an alleged surviving son, his divorced wife set up a fraudulent claim (as his widow), which failed. His brother, and his two accomplices, were hanged for murder on 15 April 1741. The baronetcy was inherited by Samuel's eldest son Edward who inherited the Dineley estate.

References

*Cokayne, George Edward (1906)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . pp. 5–6 * Emlyn, Sollom, ed., ''Complete Collection of State Trials'' (1742) vol. VI p. 797 et seqq.
online
(PDF)

References

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