John Willett Willett
(1745-1815); English politician
About John Willett Willett
Lived 1745 – 1815 (aged 69–70). John Willett Willett was a British politician, plantation owner and collector.
John Willett Adye, portrait c.1785 by George RomneyJohn Willett Adye (1745–1815), in later life John Willett Willett, was a British politician.
Life He was the second son of Stephen Adye of St Kitts and his wife Clara Payne, born 1 January 1745. He was adopted while still young by Ralph Willett, a first cousin of his mother. After education at Lincoln's Inn, he took to the gentlemanly life of a collector, following the example of his adoptive father Willett.
Willett died in 1795. Adye was his principal heir, to plantations in St Kitts, and under a condition of the will took Willett as his surname. The following year he was elected as Member of Parliament for New Romney. A supporter of William Pitt the younger, he did not stand in the 1806 United Kingdom general election after Pitt's death.
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(1745-1815); English politician
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John Willett Willett died on 26 September 1815.
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John Willett Willett was a politician, plantation owner and collector.
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