Sir John Jacob, 1st Baronet of Bromley (–1666), was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1640 and 1641. He supported the

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side in the

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Biography

Jacob was the son of Abraham Jacob of

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, Cambridgeshire and his wife Mary Rogers daughter of Francis Rogers of Dartford.John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> He matriculated at

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on 17 January 1617, aged 19 and was awarded BA on 6 February 1617. He became a customs farmer in the

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. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Jablonski-Juxston', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 793-836. Date accessed: 25 February 2011
/ref> He was

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on 8 May 1633 and in 1634 purchased an estate at Bromley St Leonards.''Bromley St Leonard's'', The Environs of London: volume 2: County of Middlesex (1795), pp. 59-69. Date accessed: 26 February 2011
/ref> In April 1640, Jacob was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. He was elected MP for

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for the

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in November 1640. However he was expelled in 1641 as a tobacco monopolist. He supported the Royalist cause and his lands were sequestered. On the restoration he regained his office and was created a

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of Bromley in the County of Middlesex on 11 January 1665. Jacob died aged about 69 and was buried on 13 March 1666 at Bromley. He built almshouses at Gaminglay and left money to the parish to support them. Jacob married firstly Elizabeth Halliday, daughter of John Halliday and granddaughter of Sir Leonard Holliday. They had two sons who died before him, and a daughter Susanna who married Sir Richard Wingfield Bt. He married secondly Alice Eaglesfield, widow of John Eaglesfield of London and daughter of Thomas Clowes of London and their son John succeeded in the baronetcy. He married thirdly Elizabeth Ashburnham, daughter of Sir John Ashburnham.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, John Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England Cavaliers English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 People from Harwich People from Rye, East Sussex 1590s births 1666 deaths Year of birth uncertain People from Cambridgeshire Knights Bachelor