Sir John Ingilby, 1st Baronet FRS (9 May 1758 – 13 May 1815) of

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was a British politician. He was the

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son of

Sir John Ingilby, 4th Baronet There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Ingilby/Ingleby family, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The latter title is extant while the o ...

by Mary Wright and educated at

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. He was created a Baronet in 1781 and appointed

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for 1781–82. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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from 1790 until 1796. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

as Sir John Ingilby, Bart. of Ripley in Yorkshire and Princes Street, Hanover Square, London in 1793. He married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of

Sir Wharton Amcotts, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

of Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire. They had 11 children, of whom only one son survived, who succeeded him as

Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, 2nd Baronet Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, 2nd Baronet (June 1783 – 14 May 1854) was a British politician. The son of Sir John Ingilby, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Amcotts, he entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Retfor ...

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1758 births 1815 deaths People from the Borough of Harrogate Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain British MPs 1790–1796 Fellows of the Royal Society High Sheriffs of Yorkshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Ingilby family {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub