John Sargent (1750–1831)
John Sargent (1750 – 9 September 1831) was a British Member of Parliament and administrator.
He was born a younger son of , MP of Halstead Place, Kent and educated at Eton College (1760–67) and St. John’s College, Cambridge (1767) before studying law at Lincoln's Inn from 1770.[1]
He held a wide variety of offices: Director of the Bank of England (1778–79), Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1784), member of the Board of Agriculture (1803), Clerk of the Ordnance (1793–1802), joint Secretary to the Treasury (1802–1804) and a (1806–21).[1]
He also served as Member of Parliament for Seaford from 1790 to 1793, for Queenborough from 1794 to 1802 and for Bodmin from 1802 to 1806.[1]
In 1778 he married Charlotte, the daughter and heiress of Richard Bettsworth of Petworth, Sussex, with whom he had 6 sons and 4 daughters,[1] including John Sargent, the clergyman and biographer.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Thorne, R. G. (1986). "SARGENT, John (1750-1831), of Woolavington, Suss.". In Thorne, R. G. (ed.). The House of Commons 1790-1820. The History of Parliament Trust.
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