Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet

Sir
John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet
Canting arms of Lethbridge: Argent, over water proper, a bridge of five arches embattled gules and over the centre arch a turret in chief an eagle displayed sable charged on the breast with a bezant[1]
Sheriff of Somerset
In office
1788–1789
Preceded byNathaniel Dalton
Succeeded byHenry Hippisley Coxe
Member of Parliament
for Minehead
In office
1806–1807
Serving with George Parkyns
Preceded byJohn Fownes Luttrell
Succeeded byJohn Fownes Luttrell
Personal details
Born(1746-03-12)12 March 1746
Died15 December 1815(1815-12-15) (aged 69)
Political partyTory
Spouse
Dorothea Buckler
(m. 1776)
Children
RelativesAllegra Byron (granddaughter)

Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet (12 March 1746 – 15 December 1815), of Whitehall Place, Westminster; Sandhill Park, Somerset; Westaway in the parish of Pilton, Devon, and Winkleigh Court, Winkleigh,[2] Devon, was Member of Parliament for Minehead in Somerset from 1806 to 1807. He served as Sheriff of Somerset in 1788–9. In 2010 it was discovered that Lethbridge had been the biological father of Claire Clairmont,[3] and thus the grandfather of Clairmont's daughter with Lord Byron, Allegra.

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.497
  2. ^ Lysons, Daniel & Lysons, Samuel, Magna Britannia, Vol.6, Devonshire, London, 1822
  3. ^ "Finding Claire's father - Claire Clairmont, Mary Jane's Daughter: New Correspondence with Claire's Father". sites.google.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.