Sir John Skeffington, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Skeffington, 2nd Baronet (c. 1590 - 19 November 1651) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626.
Skeffington was the eldest son of Sir William Skeffington, 1st Baronet of Fisherwicke, Staffordshire and his wife Margaret Dering of Surrenden Kent.[1] He matriculated from Jesus College, Cambridge in spring 1603 and was admitted at the Middle Temple on 30 October 1604. He was knighted in August 1624.[2] In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father in 1635. From 1637 to 1638 he was Sheriff of Staffordshire. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War and was fined £1,152 in November 1650, which was reduced later to £961.[1]
Skeffington died at the age of about 60 and was buried at Skeffington, Leicestershire, on 20 November 1651.[1]
Skeffington married Cicely Skeffington of Skeffington. He was succeeded in the baronetcy briefly by his son William (died 7 April 1652), then by a cousin, John Skeffington, the 4th baronet, who was the son of Sir Richard Skeffington, knight.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
- ↑ "Skeffington, John (SKFN603J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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| Preceded by Edward Mainwaring John Keeling |
Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1626 With: John Keeling |
Succeeded by Sir George Gresley Sir Rowland Cotton |