NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Shelley, John, Sir, 1772-1852 LBT ID: JoShell1852 VIAF ID: 26059957 LOC ID: n85312442 | B/BAP: 1772-03-03 DIED: 1852-03-28 |
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (May 1852) 516-18; Virtual International Authority File; leighrayment.com; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
The son of Sir John Shelley of Michelgrove; educated at Eton, he served in the Coldstream
Guards and was patronized by the Duke of York; he was a Whig MP for Helston (1806) and a
Tory MP for Lewes (1816-31). | |