Sir Sidney Meadows (c. 1699 – 15 November 1792) was a British Member of Parliament.

Biography

He was the eldest son of the diplomat

Sir Philip Meadowes Sir Philip Meadowes or Meadows (1672–1757) was an English politician and diplomat. Life He was baptised on 21 May 1672, the second son of Sir Philip Meadows of Chattisham, Suffolk and his wife Constance Lucy. He studied at Trinity College, Oxfo ...

(d.1757), of Brompton, Kensington, and his wife Dorothy, daughter of

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. On 2 June 1742 he married Jemima, daughter of Charles Montagu of Durham and granddaughter of

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; they had no children.

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, of

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, was a brother-in-law.

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MEADOWS, Sidney (c.1699-1792), of Conholt, nr. Andover, Hants.
in ''

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: the House of Commons 1715-1754'' (1970). Sir Sidney Meadows, by George Stubbs, RA, 1778, 32 x 40 inches, Royal Collection

Through the influence of his uncle

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth (pronounced "Boscowen") ( ; ca. 1680 – 25 October 1734), was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for Cornish constituencies from 1702 until 1720 when he was raised to the peerage ...

, Meadows was returned to Parliament for Penryn in 1722 and for

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in 1727. In 1734 he was nominated Member for

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. All his recorded votes were against

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and he did not stand in

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. In 1757 he succeeded his father and in 1758 he was appointed

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, one of the judges (along with the

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) of the

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. He held this office until his death. By 1761, Sidney Meadows was Deputy Ranger of

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when Prime Minister

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was Ranger. Sidney's brother,

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

(d.1781), was Deputy Ranger of Windsor Park.

References

1690s births 1792 deaths British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Penryn Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Truro Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Tavistock {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub