John Blanch

John Blanch (c. 1649 – 10 July 1725), of Wotton Court, near Gloucester and Eastington,[1] Gloucestershire, was a clothier and English politician.

Family

His parentage is unknown. His first wife was Mary (d. 1686), daughter of Richard Cambridge of Woodchester, clothier, by whom he had a daughter Mary.[2] In 1688 he married Hannah, the daughter of William Mew, rector of Eastington.[3] His daughter Mary married Thomas Horton.[4]

Career

He was a vociferous advocate for the local cloth trade, lobbying politicians and publishing a pamphlet The Interest of England Consider'd in an Essay Upon Wool (1694).[5] He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Gloucester from 1710 to 1713.[5]

References
  1. "Gloucester: Outlying hamlets". British History Online. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. Frith, Brian, ed. (1990). Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections of Ralph Bigland Part 2. p. 562.
  3. Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Vicar-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury: July 1687 to June 1694. 1890. p. 42.
  4. VCH Gloucestershire Volume 4 Gloucester: Outlying hamlets. 1988. pp. 398–9.
  5. "BLANCH, John (c.1649-1725), of Wotton Court, nr. Gloucester and Eastington, Glos". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 April 2016.


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