Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 7 Apr. 1648, o. s. of Edmund Sheffield†, 2nd earl of Mulgrave, and Elizabeth (d.1672), Kent HLC (CKS), Sackville mss, U269/c/256. da. of Lionel Cranfield†, earl of Middlesex. educ. travelled abroad 1661-5 (France). m. (1) 1686 Ursula (d.1697), da. of George Stawell, wid. Edward Conway, earl of Conway, s.p.; (2) 12 Mar. 1699 (with £2,000) Katherine (d.1704), da. Fulke Greville, 5th Bar. Brooke, wid. of Baptist Noel, 2nd earl of Gainsborough, s.p.; (3) 16 Mar. 1706 Katherine (d.1743), illegit. of James, duke of York (King James II), and Catherine Sedley, suo jure countess of Dorchester, wid. James Annesley, 3rd earl of Anglesey, Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 28. 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.); 1s. (illegit.) with Frances Stewart, w. of Hon. Oliver Lambart; at least 3da. (illegit.). KG 1674. d. 24 Feb. 1721; will 9 Aug. 1716, 23 Nov. 1717, 30 Dec. 1717 pr. 28 Mar. 1721. TNA, PROB 11/582, sig. 236.
Offices Held

Extr. gent. of the bedchamber 1672 – 73, gent. of the bedchamber 1673 – 82, 1685; PC July 1685 – Dec. 1688, May 1694- Mar. 1696, Apr. 1702–1707, Sept. 1710-Aug. 1714; London Gazette, 21 Sept. 1710. ld. chamberlain 1685 – 89; eccl. commr. 1686–7; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 305. commr. for prizes 1695; CSP Dom. 1695, p. 112. ld. privy seal 1702 Add. 70073–4, newsletter, 21 Apr. 1702; Post Boy, 21 Apr. 1702. -5; Flying Post or the Post Master, 24 Mar. 1705; Daily Courant, 26 Mar. 1705. ld. steward 1710 – 11; ld. pres. 1711–14. British Mercury, 11 June 1711.

Temp. Speaker 26, 27, 29 Nov., 3 Dec. 1694.

Ld. lt. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1679 – 82, 1687 – 88, (N. Riding) 1702 – 05, 1711 – 14, Mdx. 1711–14. gov. ?Yarmouth 1673, Williamson Letters, i (Camden Soc. n.s. viii), 145. Kingston-upon-Hull 1679–82; London Gazette, 27 Nov. 1679. v.-adm. of the coast (Yorks.) 1669 – 92, (co. Dur.) 1687 – 89, (Northumb.) 1687 – 89; ranger St James’s Park 1702. Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 209.

Vol. RN 1666, 1672, capt. 1673; capt. tp. of horse 1667; col. 3rd ft. regt. 1673 – 82, 1684–?5.

Parlimentarian
SHEFFIELD, John (1648-1721)
Associated with: Normanby Hall, Lincs. and St James’ Park, Westminster.Add. 22267, ff. 164-7.;
Likenesses

oil on canvas, aft. G. Kneller, NPG 1779; oil on canvas, by S. Dubois, 1698, National Trust, Hughenden Manor, Bucks.; oil on canvas by J. Richardson, Examination Schools, Oxf. Univ.

Author
Eagles, Robin
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image