John Manley (1655–1713)
English Member of Parliament (1655-1713)
John Manley (c. 1655 – 14/16 December 1713) was an English Tory politician and lawyer who sat as MP for Bossiney and Camelford.
Family and education
He was baptized on 23 March 1655. He was the first son of John Manley and Margaret Dorislaus. He was educated at Gray's Inn in 1671, called to the bar in 1678 and became a bencher in 1706. On 19 January 1679, he married Anne, the daughter of Edward Grosse with £4000. They had 2 daughters (1 predeceased him), 1 son. Manley also had one illegitimate daughter. His father died in 1699.
Political career
In 1685, he became a freeman of Truro and Liskeard and served as legal adviser to John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
In 1689, he stood for Parliament at Truro but lost the seat.
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