Constituency Dates
Wendover 25 Feb. 1754 – 1761
Hertford 1761 – 1780
Tamworth 27 Nov. 1780 – 1784
Hertford 1784 – 1802
Family and Education
b. 6 May 1726, 1st s. of Felix Calvert, brewer, of Albury by his 2nd cos. Mary, da. of Felix Calvert of Nine Ashes, Herts., and gd.-s. of Felix Calvert. m. 8 Sept. 1757, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edward Hulse, 1st Bt., of Breamore, Hants, physician to George II, 2s. suc. fa. 1755.
Address
Main residence: Albury, Herts.
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John Calvert, who inherited a partnership in the family brewery in Whitecross Street, London, was returned as a government supporter for Wendover at a by-election in 1754 on the interest of Lord Verney, whose elder brother’s widow had married Calvert’s maternal uncle. With Lord Verney he was again successful at the general election in that year. He died 22 Feb. 1804.

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