Jasper Radcliffe

Jasper Radcliffe (also Ratcliffe ) (* before July 1, 1683 , † March 1, 1711 ) was a British politician who was once elected as a member of the House of Commons .

Jasper Radcliffe was baptized on July 1, 1683 as the eldest son of his father of the same name Jasper Radcliffe and his wife Jane Salomon . His father was an Exeter merchant and his mother was the daughter of Solomon Andrews , a Lyme Regis merchant . Radcliffe studied at New College in Oxford in 1703 and in the same year at Middle Temple in London. After the death of his father in 1704 he became his heir. The inheritance was estimated at around £ 40,000 with £ 600 annual income. His father had bequeathed £ 10,800 of his fortune to his younger children. In 1708 Radcliffe became Freeman of Exeter. In the general election in 1710 he ran, apparently for the Tories , for the Borough of Camelford , where his brother-in-law Henry Manaton had considerable influence. He was elected as a Member of Parliament, but died a little later, without any speeches or activities of his in the House of Commons. His younger brother Andrew became his heir, and after his death his brother Walter.

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• Stuart Handley: RADCLIFFE (RATCLIFFE), Jasper (1683-1711), of Hockworthy Court, and Franklyn, Devon (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1690-1715)