John Brereton was an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 baron

Baron

Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...

 in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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He was born on 2 December 1659, the son of the William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton

William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton

William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664....

. He lived at Brereton Hall

Brereton Hall

Brereton Hall is a country house to the north of the village of Brereton Green, adjacent to St Oswald's Church, in the civil parish of Brereton, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.-History:...

 in Cheshire

Cheshire

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. He inherited the Barony

Baron Brereton

Baron Brereton, of Leighlin in the County of Carlow, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 11 May 1624 for Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, Cheshire. Brereton had an estate near Old Leighlin, for which he and his heirs were absentee landlords. The family seat was Brereton Hall...

 upon his father's death in 1679 and became a member of the House of Lords

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, but did not sit in James II

James II of England

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's parliament of 7 May 1689.

He married Mary (1655–1715) the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping

Thomas Tipping (knight)

Sir Thomas Tipping was a prominent Parliamentarian during the English Civil War.-Family:Sir Thomas was the eldest son of John Tipping of Wheatfield Park in Oxfordshire and his wife, Anne daughter of Sir Christopher Pigott of Doddershall in Buckinghamshire. He was baptised in Wheatfield Church on...

 of Wheatfield

Wheatfield, Oxfordshire

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 Park in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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, but they had no children and he was succeeded by his brother, Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton.