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]
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 G. Simeon (21 May 1784 – 11 January 1855) married Louisa-Edith Barrington 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.
Notes
- ↑ The Peerage.com
- ↑ Simeon 1847, pp. 1–2.
- 1 2 Simeon 1847, p. 2.
- ↑ "Simeon, Charles (SMN779C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine
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.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| 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 |