Constituency Dates
New Romney 29 Apr. 1728 – 1734
Family and Education
bap. 8 Dec. 1689, 4th s. of Peter Essington of Wandsworth, goldsmith of London, by his 1st w. Elizabeth. educ. I. Temple 1706. m. 10 Jan. 1713, Elizabeth Claphamson of Wandsworth, 3s. 8da.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Surr. 1724.

Address
Main residence: Wandsworth, Surr.
biography text

John Essington1Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), v. 326-9. (not to be confused with the Member for Aylesbury 1710-15) was returned as a Whig at New Romney in 1727 with the Duke of Dorset’s ‘privity’.2D. Papillon to Sir Philip Yorke, 1 Aug. 1727, Add. 35585, f. 71. Unseated on petition, he died on 8 Apr. 1729, ‘in Newgate where he was imprisoned for debt’.3Hist. Reg. 1729, p. 24.

Author
A.N.N.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), v. 326-9.
  • 2. D. Papillon to Sir Philip Yorke, 1 Aug. 1727, Add. 35585, f. 71.
  • 3. Hist. Reg. 1729, p. 24.