WALLOP, Hon. Bluett (1726-49).

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency

Dates

1747 - 6 June 1749

Family and Education

b. 27 Apr. 1726, 4th s. of John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth, bro. of Hon. Charles and John Wallop. unm.

Offices Held

Page of honour to George II 1743-5; equerry to Duke of Cumberland 1746-8; capt. 3 Ft. by 1746.

Biography

Bluett Wallop served in Flanders in 1743 and 1744 as a page of honour to the King and at Culloden in 1746 as equerry to the Duke of Cumberland. Returned as a government supporter for Newport in 1747 on the interest of his father, then Governor of the Isle of Wight, he died on 6 June 1749.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Paula Watson

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