Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet
Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet (c. 1722 – January 1788) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1788, and the 1st Jennings-Clerke Baronet.
Life
Jennings was the son of Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall, Shropshire, and was baptised Philip Jennings.[1] He was educated at Westminster School. He married Anne Thompson, daughter of Colonel Richard Thompson of Jamaica and Coley Park, Reading.[2] He had an "undistinguished military career"[3] in the Horse Guards attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[1] He succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle Sir Talbot Clerke, 6th Baronet,[2] and changed his name to Jennings-Clerke in the early 1760s.[1] Around 1770 he bought a lodge now known as Foxlease, just outside Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and converted it into a grand, two-storey mansion.[1]
Jennings was a Member of Parliament for Totnes between 1768 and 1788.[1] He was created 1st Baronet Jennings-Clerke of Duddlestone Hall on 26 October 1774.[1]
His only remaining son, Sir Charles Philip Jennings survived him by only a few months, whereupon the baronetcy became extinct.[4]
Children
His children included:
References
- Foxlease – the early years, www.newforestexplorersguide.co.uk, retrieved 28 March 2014
- Lewis Bernstein Namier, John Brooke (1985), The House of Commons 1754-1790, page 680. ISBN 0436304201
- Juliet Gardiner (2000), The History today, Who's who in British history, page 184. ISBN 1855857715
- The Gentleman's Magazine (1789), Volume 58, Part 1, page 372
- Person Page - 22864, The Peerage, retrieved 28 March 2014
- Anne Duncombe (Jennings Clerke), Geni, retrieved 28 March 2014
- John Debrett (1828), Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 427
- The Gentleman's Magazine (1821), Volume 129, page 476
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Richard Savage Lloyd Henry Seymour |
Member of Parliament for Totnes 1768 – 1788 With: Peter Burrell 1768–1774 James Amyatt 1774–1780 Launcelot Brown 1780–1784 The Hon. Henry Phipps 1784–1788 |
Succeeded by Viscount Barnard The Hon. Henry Phipps |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
Baronet (of Duddlestone) 1774–1788 |
Succeeded by Charle Philip Jennings |