Family and Education
bap. 4 Sept. 1726, 1st s. of John Calcraft, attorney, town clerk of Grantham, by his w. Christian Bursbie. educ. Leicester. m. 1744, Bridget,They seem to have separated soon; she survived him and made a successful claim against his estate (Calcraft Pprs. at Rempstone). He managed to keep dark his wife’s existence: Lady Sarah Bunbury, a niece of H. Fox, writes on 24 Dec. 1762 about Miss Wriothesley being ‘pert ... upon Mr. Calcraft intending to marry her (which is my sister’s intelligence)’, Life of Lady Sarah Lennox, 128-9. Mrs. Bellamy, by whom he had his first illegitimate family, claims not to have known that he was married when she agreed to live with him. s. p. legit.
Offices Held
Clerk in the pay office c. 1745 – 57; clerk in the War Office 1747 – 56; paymaster of widows’ pensions (W.O.) 1757 – 62; dep. commissary of musters 1756-Dec. 1763.
Main residences: Rempstone, Dorset; Ingress, Kent.
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Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
CALCRAFT, John (1726-72)
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