Sir John Chetwode, 4th Baronet

Sir John Chetwode, 4th Baronet (11 May 1764 – 17 December 1845)[1] was a British politician and baronet.

Born in Stockport, he was the only surviving son of Sir John Chetwode, 3rd Baronet and his wife Dorothy Bretland, third daughter of Thomas Bretland.[2] In 1779, he succeeded his father as baronet.[2] Chetwode was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1789. He entered the British House of Commons in 1815, sitting for Newcastle-under-Lyme until 1818.[3] He represented Buckingham as Member of Parliament (MP) from 1841 until his death in 1845.[4]

On 26 October 1785, he married firstly Lady Henrietta Grey, eldest daughter of George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford in Dunham Massey.[2] She died in 1826[5] and Chetwode married secondly Elizabeth Bristow, daughter of John Bristow in Hammersmith on 16 May 1827. He had seven daughters and eight sons by his first wife.[5] Chetwode died, aged 82 at his residence in Bognor Regis and was buried in Mucklestone.[6] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son John.[6]

References
  1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 400–402.
  3. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Newcastle-under-Lyme". Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  4. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Buckingham". Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  5. Sylvanus, Urban (1826). The Gentleman's Magazine. part II. London: John Nichols and Son. p. 94.
  6. Sylvanus, Urban (1846). The Gentleman's Magazine. part I. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son. p. 315.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Earl Gower
Sir John Boughey		 Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
1815–1818
With: Sir John Boughey		 Succeeded by
William Shepherd Kinnersley
Robert Wilmot
Preceded by
Sir Harry Verney
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Buckingham
1841–1845
With: Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt		 Succeeded by
John Hall
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
John Chetwode		 Baronet
(of Oakley)
1779–1845		 Succeeded by
John Newdigate-Ludford-Chetwode


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