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Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet

1643 – 1721

English politician

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Lived 1643 – 1721 (aged 77–78). Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet was a politician.

Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet (by 1649 – 6 September 1721) of Walton d'Eiville was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 to 1715.

Mordaunt was the second son of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Baronet and his wife Catherine Tollemache, daughter of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet, of Helmingham, Suffolk. He succeeded his elder brother to the baronetcy on 24 April 1665 and inherited the Massingham Estate at Little Massingham, Norfolk. Mordaunt was one of Warwickshire's two deputy-lieutenants and following the Rye House Plot was involved in organising arms searches in Warwickshire's main towns in 1683.

Mordaunt died at Kensington on 6 September 1721. He left two sons and two surviving daughters by his second wife, Penelope, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet.

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Born
1643
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain
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John Mordaunt, Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Bt.

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Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet was born in 1643.

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Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet died on 6 September 1721.

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Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7527943

· DBpedia: Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet

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