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Sebright, John Saunders, 1725-1794
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1725-1794
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SEBRIGHT, SIR JOHN SAUNDERS, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Sebright Saunders, Bart. (qv); bapt. 19 Oct 1725; adm. Feb 1734/5; left 1741; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 18 Apr 1741; Lieut. and Capt., 20 Feb 1744; Capt. -Lieut., 2 May 1749; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 20 Nov 1750; Col., 83rd Foot 14 Oct 1758-60 [?], 52nd Foot 27 Nov 1760 – Apr 1762; Major-Gen., 13 Oct 1761; Col., 18th Foot, from 1 Apr 1762; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Gen., 20 Nov 1782; succ, brother as 6th baronet 25 Oct 1761; MP Bath 28 Apr 1763-74, 24 Nov 1775-80; JP Hertfordshire; m. 15 May 1766 Sarah, third dau. of Edward Knight, Wolverley, Worcs.; d. 23 Feb 1794.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.