Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet

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Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet (died August 1701)[1] was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1690.

Hanmer was the son of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet of Hanmer and his first wife Elizabeth Baker. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Flint in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was knighted on 9 August 1660 and was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire from 1664 to 1665, In October 1669 he was elected MP for Evesham for the Cavalier Parliament. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father in 1678. In 1681 he was elected MP for Flintshire . He was elected MP for Flint again in 1685. He became a colonel of the 11th Foot in 1688. In 1689 he was elected MP for Flint again. He became a major-general in the Army and was colonel of the 11th Foot, serving King William III at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.[2]

Hanmer married Mary Alston, daughter of Joseph Alston, of Netherhall, Suffolk. He died in 1701, probably killed in a duel[3] and left no issue; he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Thomas, the son of his younger brother William who had already predeceased their father, the 2nd Baronet.[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ John Hanmer (1st baron) (1876). A Memorial of the Parish and Family of Hanmer in Flintshire ... priv. Press at the Chiswick Press. p. 180.
  2. ^ a b George E. Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Vol. 1 (1900)
  3. ^ Dodd, Arthur Herbert. Hanmer family. Dictionary of Welsh Biography, online edition. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ Bunbury, Henry Edward, ed. (1838). The correspondence of Sir Thomas Hanmer ... with a memoir of his life, to which are added, other relicks of a gentleman's family. London: Edward Moxon. pp. 4–5. [Bunbury was Thos. Hanmer's brother-in-law.]
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament
Member of Parliament for Flint
1659
Succeeded by
Not represented in Restored Rump
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Evesham
1669–1679
With: William Sandys 1669–1670
Sir James Rushout 1670–1679
Succeeded by
Sir James Rushout
Henry Parker
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Flintshire
1681–1685
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Flint
1685–1690
Succeeded by
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by

Member of Parliament for Carlingford
1695–1699
With: 1695
1695–1699
Succeeded by

Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of Hanmer's Regiment of Foot
1688–1701
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by High Sheriff of Gloucestershire
1665
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Cocks
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Hanmer)
1678–1701
Succeeded by


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