Sir John Cordell, 2nd Baronet (1646–1690) of Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, was an English Tory[1] politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1690.
Cordell was the eldest son of Sir Robert Cordell, 1st Baronet.[2] He was educated at Bury St. Edmunds Grammar School in 1656 and travelled abroad from 1663 to 1666.[3] By 1674, he married Elizabeth Waldegrave, daughter of Thomas Waldegrave of Smallbridge, Suffolk.[2]
In 1685 he served a one-year term as High Sheriff of Suffolk. Cordell was returned as a Member of Parliament for Sudbury in 1685 and for Suffolk in 1689.[3]
Cordell was buried on 9 September 1690 at Long Melford leaving a son and two daughters.[2] The baronetcy passed to his eldest son John, who was returned for Sudbury in 1701 but who died by a fall from his horse in 1704. The estates then passed to his two sisters, of whom Margaret married Sir Charles Firebrace, 2nd Baronet.
References edit
- ^ Paula Watson (1981). "Sudbury". In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). The House of Commons 1558-1603. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664), vol. 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 October 2018
- ^ a b "CORDELL, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1646-90), of Long Melford, nr. Sudbury, Suff". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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