Constituency Dates
Bedford 1741
Family and Education
bap. 30 Apr. 1696, 1st s. of Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Bt., M.P., by Helen, da. and coh. of William Boteler of Biddenham, Beds. educ. Merton, Oxf. 1714. unm. suc. fa. 2 Sept. 1734.
Address
Main residence: Holcot, Beds.
biography text

The Chernocks acquired their Bedfordshire property in 1541;1VCH Beds. iii. 387. both the 2nd and 3rd baronets represented the county in Parliament. Sir Boteler Chernock succeeded to an impoverished estate because his father

is forced to sell some part of his paternal estate to defray expenses he has formerly spent on elections, having been always too honest and upright while in Parliament to sacrifice the liberties of his country for a place or pension.2Duke of Bedford to Duchess of Marlborough (undated), Marlborough mss.

Returned as a Tory at a by-election for Bedford in 1740, he was again unopposed in 1741, voting against the Administration in all recorded divisions. Defeated in 1747 by the 4th Duke of Bedford’s Whig nominees, he did not stand again. He died in 1756 (buried 4 Aug. at Holcot).

Author
R.S.L.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. VCH Beds. iii. 387.
  • 2. Duke of Bedford to Duchess of Marlborough (undated), Marlborough mss.