Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet ( – January 1788) was a British politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1768 to 1788, and the 1st
Jennings-Clerke Baronet.
Life
Jennings was the son of Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall, Shropshire, and was baptised Philip Jennings.
[Foxlease – the early years](_blank)
www.newforestexplorersguide.co.uk, retrieved 28 March 2014 He was educated at
Westminster School
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. He married Anne Thompson, the daughter of
Colonel Richard Thompson of Jamaica and
Coley Park
Coley Park is a Suburban village to the south of the town of Reading, Berkshire, Reading in the England, English county of Berkshire. It is largely built on the country estate of the same name, surrounding Coley House. It is primarily a resident ...
, Reading.
[Lewis Bernstein Namier, John Brooke (1985), ''The House of Commons 1754-1790'', page 680. ] He had an "undistinguished military career" in the
Horse Guards attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
He succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle Sir Talbot
Clerke, 6th Baronet,
and changed his name to Jennings-Clerke in the early 1760s.
Around 1770 he bought a lodge now known as
Foxlease
Foxlease Park is an outdoor training and activity centre near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, UK. The site is now owned by Foxie's Future CIO, a charity set up to save Foxlease for future generations following Girlguiding's decision to sell it in May 202 ...
, just outside
Lyndhurst, Hampshire
Lyndhurst is a large village and civil parish situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England, about nine miles () south-west of Southampton. Known as the "Capital of the New Forest", Lyndhurst houses the New Forest District, Ne ...
, and converted it into a grand, two-storey mansion.
Jennings was a
Member of Parliament for
Totnes
Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and ab ...
between 1768 and 1788.
He was created 1st
Baronet Jennings-Clerke of Duddlestone Hall on 26 October 1774.
His only remaining son, Sir Charles Philip Jennings survived him by only a few months, whereupon the baronetcy became extinct.
[''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (1789), Volume 58, Part 1]
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Children
His children included:
*John Edward (died before 1788)
*Charles Philip (died 22 April 1788)[''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (1821), Volume 129]
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References
1720s births
1788 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes
British MPs 1761–1768
British MPs 1768–1774
British MPs 1774–1780
British Life Guards officers
Year of birth uncertain
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