John Fuller (died 1744)
John Fuller (c. 1679–1744) of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734
Fuller was the second, but eldest surviving son of , MP, merchant and mayor of Yarmouth, and his wife Rose Huntington, daughter of , MP. He was educated at Colchester and Yarmouth, and was admitted at Caius College, Cambridge on 14 May 1695, aged 15. [1] In about 1718, he was appointed Consul at Leghorn. In 1721, his father died, and in 1722 he resigned his post at Leghorn and returned to England.[2]
Fuller stood at Yarmouth at the 1727 British general election challenging the Townshend-Walpole interest, but was unsuccessful. He was apparently bought off with a government seat at Plympton Erle where he was returned as Member of Parliament at a by-election on 29 February 1728. He voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions. He did not stand again at the 1734 British general election.[2]
Fuller was probably unmarried and died on 22 March 1744.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Fuller, John (FLR695J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c "FULLER, John (?1679-1744), of Great Yarmouth, Norf". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- 1670s births
- 1744 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Plympton Erle
- British MPs 1727–1734