John Garth
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John Garth became the Recorder for Devizes in 1732. This role is roughly equivalent to the Town Clerk today. This position was held by a lawyer. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes in 1740 and was re-elected and served until his death in 1764. His family home and his Devizes residence was Brownston House - a large Grade 1 listed house on New Park Street.Family
John Garth was the son of Colonel Thomas Garth and Elizabeth Colleton, grand daughter of Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, one of the original proprietors of South Carolina. John Garth married to Rebecca Brompton, grand daughter of Sir Richard RaynsfordRichard Raynsford
Richard Raynsford SL was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench.-Career:The second son of Robert Raynsford of Staverton, Northamptonshire, by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Kirton of Thorpe Mandeville in the same county, he was born in 1605. He matriculated at Exeter...
, English judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench. John Garth was a nephew of Sir Samuel Garth
Samuel Garth
Sir Samuel Garth FRS was an English physician and poet.Garth was born in Bolam in County Durham and matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1676, graduating B.A. in 1679 and...
the physician.Two of John Garth’s children were born in Devizes. His daughter Frances was baptised in the adjacent St.Mary’s Church in January 1744 and buried there in 1768. His son Thomas was baptised there in September 1745; he was to become an Army general and Equerry to George III. John Garth died in 1764 and was buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Devizes on January 2nd, 1765. His wife Rebecca (1713-1785) and his daughter Elizabeth (1739-1790) were buried in St Mary’s too. One monument of St. Mary’s commemorates John Garth himself and in the chancel there are monuments to the memory of his widow and children. He lived at Brownston House
Brownston House
Brownston House is a Grade I listed building at Devizes, Wiltshire, England, dating from the beginning of the 18th century.-Description:Built of dark rubbed brickwork of fine quality, the house has two storeys and an attic and basement. The wide symmetrical front has a three bay central projection....
, Devizes, in the 1760s.
His sons included:
- General Thomas GarthThomas GarthThomas Garth may refer to:*Thomas Garth *Thomas Garth...
(1744-1829) Royal Equerry - General George GarthGeorge GarthGeorge Garth was a British General, a commander in the American Revolutionary War, and Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Foot.-Life:...
(abt 1733-1819) British General in American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
, Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Foot - Charles GarthCharles GarthCharles Garth, Member of Parliament, Colonial Agent in pre revolutionary America was born in about 1734, son of John Garth MP, and Rebecca, daughter of John Brompton and granddaughter of Sir Richard Raynsford, Lord chief justice of the Kings bench.-Career:...
MP, (1734-1784) Government Agent for South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, Georgia and MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. He succeeded his father as MP for Devizes, and was also Recorder of Devizes.