Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet

Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet
Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet (1599–1676), detail of his kneeling effigy at base of monument he erected to his father John Northcote (1570–1632) in Newton St Cyres Church, Devon
Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
In office
1667–1676
Member of Parliament for Devon
In office
1654-1659
1660–1661
Member of Parliament for Ashburton
In office
1640–1648
High Sheriff of Devon
In office
1626–1627
Personal details
Born1599 (1599)
Died24 June 1676 (aged 76–77)
SpouseGrace Halswell
Children11, including Arthur
Parent
EducationExeter College, Oxford
Arms of Northcote: Argent, three crosses-crosslet in bend sable[1]
Effigies of Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet (1599–1676) and his wife Grace Halswell (died 1675). Detail from base of monument to his father John Northcote (1570–1632), Newton St Cyres Church. On a cartouche above are shown the arms of Northcote impaling Azure, three bars wavy argent overall a bend gules (Halswell). Their sons are shown kneeling behind their father and their daughters behind their mother. the effigies of some infants of both genders lie on the floor in swaddling clothes

Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet (1599 – 24 June 1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1676. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War.

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.604