Family and Education
b. c. 1707, 1st s. of Capt. William Clevland, R.N., a commissioner of the navy, by Anne, da. of John Davie of Orleigh, Devon. educ. Westminster 1718; M. Temple 1723; m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Sir Caesar Child, 2nd Bt., of Woodford, Essex, sis. of Sir Caesar Child, 3rd and last Bt., 2s. 2da.; (2) 1747,Mrs. Edw. Boscawen to her husband, the Admiral, 29 Nov. 1747, C. Aspinall-Oglander, Admiral’s Wife, 64. Sarah, da. of Richard Shuckburgh of Longborough, Glos., sis. of Sir G. A. Shuckburgh, 6th Bt., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1715.
Offices Held

Clerk in the navy office c. 1723 – 31; clerk of the cheque, Plymouth 1731 – 43; commr. of the navy Mar. 1743–6; second sec. to the Admiralty 1746 – 51, sec. 1751 – d.

Main residence: Tapley, Devon.
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Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title

CLEVLAND, John (c.1707-63)

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Oxford 1644
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