NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sebright, John Saunders, Sir, 1767-1846 DNB: Sebright, Sir John Saunders, seventh baronet (1767–1846), politician and agriculturist LBT ID: JoSebri1846 VIAF ID: 6414873 LOC ID: n86084766 | B/BAP: 1767-05-23 DIED: 1846-04-15 |
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (July 1846) 93; DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Son of the sixth baronet (d. 1794), he was educated at Westminster School and after
military service was an independent Whig MP for Hertfordshire (1807-34). Maria Edgeworth
described him as “quite a new character ... strong head, and warm heart, and oddity
enough for ten.” | |