John Garth

John Garth

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John Garth (1701 – 1764) was a British politician.

Offices

He was a lawyer who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes between 1740 and 1764, when he died. He was succeeded by his son Charles Garth. He was also recorder of Devizes

Family

John Garth was the son of Colonel Thomas Garth and Elizabeth Colleton, grand daughter of Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, one of the original proprietors of South Carolina. John Garth married to Rebecca Brompton, grand daughter of Sir Richard Raynsford, English judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench. John Garth was a nephew of Sir Samuel Garth the physician.His sons included:
*General Thomas Garth (1744-1829) Royal Equerry
*General George Garth (abt 1735-1819) British General in American Revolutionary War, Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Foot
*Charles Garth MP, (1734-1784) Government Agent for South Carolina, Georgia and Maryland

References

*The Annual Register, Edmund Burke, 1830
*Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, 1819, page 506


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