William Calvert (MP)
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Sir William Calvert (c. 1703 – 3 May 1761)[1][2] was a British politician.
Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London in 1742–1754, Sheriff of the City of London in 1743, Lord Mayor of London in 1748–1749 and an MP for Old Sarum in 1755–1761.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
- ^ R. Sedgwick, ed. (1970). "CALVERT, William (?1703-61), of St. Katherine's, Tower Hill, London, and Mount Mascal, nr. Bexley, Kent". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
Categories:
- Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- 18th-century lord mayors of London
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
- Sheriffs of the City of London
- British MPs 1741–1747
- British MPs 1747–1754
- British MPs 1754–1761
- Masters of the Worshipful Company of Brewers
- 1700s births
- 1761 deaths
- Great Britain MP (1707–1800) for England stubs