Family and Education
b. c. 1666, 2nd s. of Rev. Thomas Birch, rector of Hampton Bishop, Herefs., afterwards vicar of Preston, Lancs. by his w. Mary. educ. G. Inn 1682; M. Temple 1687, called 1687. m. (1) bef. 14 July 1691, his cos. Sarah (d. 1702), da. and h. of John Birch I*, s.p.; (2) 26 Jan. 1704, Letitia, da. of John Hampden† of Great Hampden, Bucks., sis. of Richard Hampden II*, s.p. E. Heath-Agnew, Roundhead to Royalist, pp. xxiii, 215.
Offices Held
Attorney-gen. Brec., Glam. and Rad. 1695–1705; serjeant-at-law 1705; Queen’s serjeant 1712; commr. forfeited estates 1716–25; cursitor baron of Exchequer 1729–d.
Main residence: Garnstone Manor, Weobley, Herefs.
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Commons 1690-1715
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BIRCH, John II (c.1666-1735)
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