Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet ( c. 1722 – January 1788) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1788, and the 1st Jennings-Clerke Baronet.
Jennings was the son of Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall, Shropshire, and was baptised Philip Jennings. [1] He was educated at Westminster School. He married Anne Thompson, the daughter of Colonel Richard Thompson of Jamaica and Coley Park, Reading. [2] He had an "undistinguished military career" [3] in the Horse Guards attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. [1] He succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle Sir Talbot Clerke, 6th Baronet, [2] and changed his name to Jennings-Clerke in the early 1760s. [1] Around 1770 he bought a lodge now known as Foxlease, just outside Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and converted it into a grand, two-storey mansion. [1]
Jennings was a Member of Parliament for Totnes between 1768 and 1788. [1] He was created 1st Baronet Jennings-Clerke of Duddlestone Hall on 26 October 1774. [1]
His only remaining son, Sir Charles Philip Jennings survived him by only a few months, whereupon the baronetcy became extinct. [4]
His children included:
Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet ( c. 1722 – January 1788) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1788, and the 1st Jennings-Clerke Baronet.
Jennings was the son of Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall, Shropshire, and was baptised Philip Jennings. [1] He was educated at Westminster School. He married Anne Thompson, the daughter of Colonel Richard Thompson of Jamaica and Coley Park, Reading. [2] He had an "undistinguished military career" [3] in the Horse Guards attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. [1] He succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle Sir Talbot Clerke, 6th Baronet, [2] and changed his name to Jennings-Clerke in the early 1760s. [1] Around 1770 he bought a lodge now known as Foxlease, just outside Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and converted it into a grand, two-storey mansion. [1]
Jennings was a Member of Parliament for Totnes between 1768 and 1788. [1] He was created 1st Baronet Jennings-Clerke of Duddlestone Hall on 26 October 1774. [1]
His only remaining son, Sir Charles Philip Jennings survived him by only a few months, whereupon the baronetcy became extinct. [4]
His children included: