Sir John Frederick, 5th Baronet (1750–1825), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807.
Frederick was the only surviving son of Sir John Frederick, 4th Baronet of Burwood Park, Surrey, and his wife Susanna Hudson.[1] [2] He was born on 18 March 1750, educated at Westminster School from 1760 to 1765, and at Trinity College, Oxford in 1767. From 1769 to 1772 he made the Grand Tour of Europe.[2] [3]
In 1774, Frederick was returned as Member of Parliament for Newport, Cornwall in the interest of Humphry Morice. By 1780, Morice had sold his borough and Frederick was not returned in 1780. He sought another seat and was returned for Christchurch at a by-election in 1781. On the death of his father on 9 April 1783, he succeeded to the Baronetcy. He was re-elected for Christchurch in 1784. In 1790, he was elected MP for his home county Surrey and held the seat until 1807.[2] [3]
He served as lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Supplementary Surrey Militia (later 2nd Royal Surrey Militia from its first raising on 2 January 1797 until his resignation on 26 October 1804. His son Richard was also an officer in the regiment and commanded it in Ireland from 1811–13.[4]
He married Mary Garth, daughter of Richard Garth of Morden, Surrey, on 15 October 1778, and they had six sons and four daughters, including:[2]
Sir John Frederick died on 16 January 1825[2] and was buried at Walton-on-Thames where there is an unusual pyramid-shaped monument to him and his wife.
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