Sir John Walsh, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Benn Walsh, 1st Baronet (10 February 1759 – 7 June 1825) was an English landowner and MP.
He was born in Cumberland as John Benn, the only son of William Benn of Moor Row, Whitehaven, Cumberland and his wife Mary, daughter of Timothy Nicholson. In 1787 he married Margaret, daughter of Joseph Fowke of Kent. In 1795 his wife inherited the Indian-made fortune of her mother's brother Sir John Walsh
on condition that they changed the family name to Walsh, which they duly did, by Royal Licence. The legacy included Warfield Park, Berkshire, the Radnorshire manors of Cefnllys and Coed Swydd and a number of farms in eastern Radnorshire.
Benn worked for the East India Company in Benares, India as an assistant and secretary to his brother-in-law, Francis Fowke, making a small fortune in the process, which he invested in land to enlarge the family estates, making his family seat at Warfield.
He served as High Sheriff of Radnorshire
in 1798 and sat as an MP for Bletchingley, Surrey
from 1802 to 1804. He was made a baronet in 1805.
He died in 1825 and was succeeded by his son John
, the future Lord Ormathwaite.
He was born in Cumberland as John Benn, the only son of William Benn of Moor Row, Whitehaven, Cumberland and his wife Mary, daughter of Timothy Nicholson. In 1787 he married Margaret, daughter of Joseph Fowke of Kent. In 1795 his wife inherited the Indian-made fortune of her mother's brother Sir John Walsh
John Walsh (scientist)
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on condition that they changed the family name to Walsh, which they duly did, by Royal Licence. The legacy included Warfield Park, Berkshire, the Radnorshire manors of Cefnllys and Coed Swydd and a number of farms in eastern Radnorshire.
Benn worked for the East India Company in Benares, India as an assistant and secretary to his brother-in-law, Francis Fowke, making a small fortune in the process, which he invested in land to enlarge the family estates, making his family seat at Warfield.
He served as High Sheriff of Radnorshire
High Sheriff of Radnorshire
- History :The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the...
in 1798 and sat as an MP for Bletchingley, Surrey
Bletchingley (UK Parliament constituency)
Bletchingley was a parliamentary borough in Surrey. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1832, when the constituency was...
from 1802 to 1804. He was made a baronet in 1805.
He died in 1825 and was succeeded by his son John
John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite
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, the future Lord Ormathwaite.