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Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet

Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet

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Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet (2 October 1603 – 26 August 1663) of Great House in the parish of Colyton in Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1642 and 1660.

Arms of Yonge: Ermine, on a bend cotised sable three griffin's heads erased or
Great House, South Street, Colyton, seat of the Yonge family. Early 17th c., U-shaped plan, possibly remnant of a previous building[1]

Yonge was the son of Walter Yonge of Colyton and his wife Jane Peryan, daughter of Sir John Peryan.[2] Yonge was a well established merchant and was knighted on 15 September 1625.[3]

In 1642 Yonge was elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth, joining his father (who was already MP for Honiton) in the House of Commons. In December 1648 he was one of the members excluded in Pride's Purge, but returned in the Parliaments of the Protectorate, sitting for Honiton in 1654 and Devon in 1656.[4] In 1660, he was again chosen MP for Honiton in the Convention Parliament.[4]

After the Restoration, Yonge was created a baronet of Culliton on 26 September 1661. He died two years later at the age of 59.

Yonge married Elizabeth Strode and had two sons and a daughter. His son Walter succeeded to the baronetcy.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, pp. 281–2
  2. [2]
    Betham, W. (1802). The Baronetage of England. The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms. Burrell and Bransby. p. 296.
  3. [3]
    Knights of England
  4. [4]
    History of Parliament Online – Yonge, Sir John
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