About Humphrey Minchin
Lived 1727 – 1796 (aged 68–69). Humphrey Minchin was a politician.
Humphrey Minchin (1727–1796) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1778 and 1796.
Minchin was the eldest son of Paul Minchin of Ballinakill, King's County and his wife Henrietta Bunbury, daughter of Joseph Bunbury of Johnstown, county Carlow. He entered Trinity College, Dublin on 11 January 1742, aged 14. He married Clarinda Cuppidge, daughter of George Cuppidge of Dublin on 4 August 1750.
In 1774 Minchin canvassed Wootton Bassett but withdrew without becoming a candidate. He was elected Member of Parliament for Okehampton at a by-election on 11 June 1778 on the interest of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer.
Minchin died very suddenly on 26 March 1796 from a fit while hanging up his hat before dinner.
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