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John Sargent (1749–1831)

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John Sargent (1749 – 9 September 1831) was a British Member of Parliament and administrator.

He was born a younger son of John Sargent, 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 Commissioner of Audit (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]

On 21 December 1778, at Woolavington, Sussex, he married Charlotte,[2] the daughter and heiress of Richard Bettesworth of Petworth, Sussex, with whom he had six sons and four daughters,[1] including John Sargent, the clergyman and biographer. His second son, George Hanway Sargent was shot and killed in November 1807, aged 25, in the pursuit of the highwayman, Jim Allen.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Marriage entry". freereg.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. ^ "George Hanway Sargent". Sussex People. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ "The Murder of Captain Sargent". Sussex People. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Seaford
1790–1793
With: Richard Paul Jodrell 1790–1792
John Tarleton 1792–1793
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Queenborough
1794–1801
With: Richard Hopkins 1794–1796
Evan Nepean 1796–1801
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Queenborough
1801–1802
With: Evan Nepean
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bodmin
1802–1806
With: Josias Du Pré Porcher
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Clerk of the Ordnance
1793–1802
Succeeded by
Preceded by Junior Secretary to the Treasury
1802–1804
Succeeded by