About Joseph Pennington
Lived 1677 – 1744 (aged 67). Joseph Pennington was a British politician.
Sir Joseph Pennington, 2nd Baronet (4 October 1677 – 1744), of Muncaster, Cumberland, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1744.
Pennington was baptized at Waberthwaite on 16 October 1677, the eldest son of Sir William Pennington, 1st Baronet of Muncaster and his wife Isabella Stapleton, daughter of John Stapleton of Warter, Yorkshire. He matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 4 June 1695, aged 17. He married Margaret Lowther, daughter of John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, MP on 20 March 1706.
Pennington died on 3 December 1744 leaving four sons and a daughter. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John.
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British Member of Parliament (1677-1744)
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