John Hungerford Penruddocke

John Hungerford Penruddocke (23 January 1770 – 25 December 1841) was a Tory politician in the United Kingdom.

Family Penruddocke was the eldest son of Charles Penruddocke (died 1788) of Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire, and Anne Henrietta, daughter of Wadham Wyndham of Fyfield, also in Wiltshire. He was educated at Harrow School (from 1785) and New College, Oxford (from 1789). He married on 3 October 1789 Maria Anne, daughter of John Pearse of Chute Standen, Wiltshire. They had no children; she died on 5 April 1831. On his death he left his estate, including Compton House, to his great-nephew Charles (1828–1899).

Public life Penruddocke commanded the Hindon troop of the volunteer Wiltshire Yeoman Cavalry from 1799. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1817–18 and Mayor of Wilton in 1818–19. He was a general supporter of the Liverpool ministry. In February 1829 he was listed by Joseph Planta, the patronage secretary, as "opposed to the principle" of the ministry's Catholic emancipation bill. He also voted against Jewish emancipation on 17 May of that year.