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John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd (c.1680 – 21 June 1767), diplomat and politician, was the second son of John Chetwynd and the brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd. He succeeded to that Irish peerage in 1736 by virtue of a special remainder. Earlier in life he was British envoy to Savoy from 1706 to 1713.〔(''London Gazette'', 5169, 31 October 1713 )〕 After returning to England he was Member of Parliament for St Mawes, 1715–1722; for Stockbridge, 1722–1734; and Stafford, 1738–1747. He was also British envoy Extraordinary at Madrid from 1717,〔Burke's Peerage (1939), s.v. Chetwynd.〕 until the outbreak of the War of the Quadruple Alliance. John Chetwynd was married and had two sons and two daughters: *Hon. John Chetwynd, who died on 30 May 1741 aged 21 and unmarried *Hon. William Richard Chetwynd, Member of Parliament for Stafford, who died in 1765 before his father. *Hon. Catherine Chetwynd, who married John Talbot, the 2nd son of Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot. By this marriage, the Ingestre estate passed into the Talbot family. *Hon. Frances Chetwynd (died unmarried 1805).〔 Having outlived both his sons, John was succeeded as Viscount by his brother William. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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