Family and Education
b. 28 Oct. 1725, 2nd s. of Israel Wilkes, malt distiller of Clerkenwell, by Sarah, da. of John Heston, tanner, of Bermondsey. educ. L. Inn 1742; Leyden 1744-6. m. 23 May 1747, Mary, da. and h. of John Mead of Aylesbury, formerly a London merchant, 1da.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Bucks. 1754 – 55; col. Bucks. militia 1762 – 63; alderman of London 1769, sheriff 1771 – 72, ld. mayor 1774 – 75; City chamberlain 1779 – d.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
WILKES, John (1725-97)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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