Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet

Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet (1756 – 4 February 1824) of Walliscot in Oxfordshire was Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading in Berkshire from 1797 to 1802 and from 1806 to 1818. He also practised as barrister and a member of Lincoln's Inn, and held the offices of Recorder of Reading 1779-1807 and Master in Chancery from 1795 until 1808 when he became Senior Master, and was created 1st Baronet Simeon in 1815.[1]

Rebecca, Lady Simeon (d. 1830) (Thomas Lawrence)

Simeon was the second eldest son of Richard Simeon (died 1784) and Elizabeth Hutton.[2] His elder brother, named Richard after their father, died early. The third brother, Edward Simeon, was a director of the Bank of England.[3] His youngest brother, Charles Simeon, became a prominent evangelical clergyman.[3][4]

Family

John Simeon married Rebecca Cornwall, daughter of John Cornwall of Hendon House in Middlesex, in 1783. They had a number of children:

Richard Godin Simeon (21 May 1784 – 11 January 1855) married Louisa Edith Barrington (1790 - 1847) on 8 April 1813, producing three sons and two daughters [5]
Harriet Simeon (died 15 November 1845) married Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Baronet in July 1814, producing 1 daughter and 3 sons.
Edward Simeon (1788 - 16 October 1851) on 3 September 1814 married Sophia Charlotte Lybbe-Powys of Hardwick House (2 July 1796 - 23 February 1833)
Charlotte Simeon (died 1845)
Eleanora Simeon
Charles Simeon

Coat of arms of Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet
	Crest A fox passant-reguardant Proper in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert. Escutcheon Per fess Sable and Or a pale counterchanged in chief an ermine spot of the first between two trefoils slipped of the second and in base a like trefoil between two like ermine spots. Supporters Dexter a fox reguardant Proper in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert, sinister a lion Gules ducally crowned Or. Motto Serviendo; Nec Temere Nec Timide [6]

Notes

The Peerage.com
Simeon 1847, pp. 1–2.
Simeon 1847, p. 2.
"Simeon, Charles (SMN779C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
The Gentleman's Magazine
Burke's Peerage. 1949.

References

Simeon, Charles (1847). Carus, Rev. William (ed.). Memoirs of the Life of the Rev. Charles Simeon. London: Hatchard and Son. Retrieved 31 May 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Richard Aldworth-Neville Francis Annesley	Member of Parliament for Reading 1797 – 1800 With: Francis Annesley	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Reading 1801 – 1802 With: Francis Annesley	Succeeded by Francis Annesley Charles Shaw-Lefevre
Preceded by Francis Annesley Charles Shaw-Lefevre	Member of Parliament for Reading 1806 – 1818 With: Charles Shaw-Lefevre	Succeeded by Charles Fyshe Palmer Charles Shaw-Lefevre
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New title	Baronet of Grazeley, Berkshire 1815–1824	Succeeded by Richard Godin Simeon

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[1] The Peerage.com

[FOOTNOTESimeon18471–2-2] Simeon 1847, pp. 1–2.

[FOOTNOTESimeon18472-3] Simeon 1847, p. 2.

[Venn-4] "Simeon, Charles (SMN779C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[5] The Gentleman's Magazine

[6] Burke's Peerage. 1949.