Sir John Courtenay Throckmorton, 5th Bt.

Sir John Courtenay Throckmorton, 5th Baronet (27 July 1753 – 3 January 1819), was a member of a prominent English family of Roman Catholic dissenters and "its only published author of any significance."

Early life

Throckmorton was born on 27 July 1753 into a wealthy and staunchly Roman Catholic family. (At the time of his birth, Roman Catholics "could not vote, study at Oxford or Cambridge, become an MP, hold public office or serve in the Army; they were also subject to heavy fines if they failed regularly to attend an Anglican Church.." His maternal grandparents were William Paston of Horton Court and Mary (née Courtenay) Paston.) After inheriting the baronetcy, Sir John set up home at Buckland House in Berkshire, and his younger brother, George, moved into Weston Underwood.

In 1806, Sir John published a book entitled Considerations arising from the debates in Parliament on the petition of the Irish Catholics by Sir John Throckmorton, Bart.

Personal life

In 1778 Throckmorton took up residence at Weston House, Weston Underwood, one of his family's estates in Buckinghamshire.