Sir John Pakington, 3rd Baronet, (c. 1649 – March 1688) of
Westwood House
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near
Droitwich
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, Worcestershire was the only surviving son of
Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet. Like most of his family he was a
Tory
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and served as member of parliament for
Worcestershire
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in
James II's Parliament.
He spent a quiet life at Westwood, studying under the guidance of
George Hickes, dean of Worcester, under whose tuition he became one of the finest Anglo-Saxon scholars of his time.
He died in March 1688. He had married Margaret, daughter of
Sir John Keyt, 1st Baronet of Ebrington, Gloucestershire. and was succeeded by his only son,
Sir John Pakington, 4th Baronet
Sir John Pakington, 4th Baronet (1671–1727) of Westwood, near Droitwich, Worcestershire was an English Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and British House of Commons between 1690 and 1727.
Pakington was the only ...
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References
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*''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1939)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pakington, Sir John, 3rd Baronet
1640s births
1688 deaths
English MPs 1685–1687
Members of the Parliament of England for Worcestershire
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John
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New Testament
Works
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