John Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton

John Denny Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton (died 1761) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

Vesey was the son of Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet and Mary Muschamp. In 1727 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Newtownards, holding the seat until 1750. On 6 August 1730 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. On 10 April 1750 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Knapton, in the Queen's County, in the Peerage of Ireland, and he assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.[1]

He married Elizabeth Brownlow, daughter of William Brownlow. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Thomas Vesey, who was made Viscount de Vesci in 1776.[2]

References

  1. John Debrett, The peerage of the united Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 9th Edition (G. Woodfall, 1814), p.1058 (Retrieved 25 February 2016).
  2. John Debrett, The peerage of the united Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 9th Edition (G. Woodfall, 1814), p.1058 (Retrieved 25 February 2016).
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Tighe
Hon. William Ponsonby
Member of Parliament for Newtownards
with Robert Jocelyn (1727-1739)
Hon. John Ponsonby (1739-1750)

1727-1750
Succeeded by
Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby
Hon. John Ponsonby
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Baron Knapton
17501761
Succeeded by
Thomas Vesey
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Vesey
Baronet
(of Abbeyleix)
17301761
Succeeded by
Thomas Vesey
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