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Joseph Jekyll

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1303: 65: 341:. He was extremely active in parliament and an excellent speaker. He played a role in drafting various bills and acts. Occasionally he voted against the party, mainly because he supported greater reform of the electoral system and the removal of bribery and corruption. He was returned unopposed for Eye in the two general elections of 1701 and in 1382: 1387: 1342: 377: 1267: 467:
On 19 August 1738 he died of "a mortification in the bowels", and was buried in the Rolls Chapel. He had no children. In his will he left £20,000 to help pay off the
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Jekyll was returned again for Lymington. He was asked to participate in the secret committee tasked with preparing the impeachment of the
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described as "a very foolish bequest.. he might as well have attempted to stop the middle arch of
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he remained independent of the government in terms of how he voted, and was described by
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at a by-election on 14 December 1697 and was returned again in the following year at the
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in 1687. Thanks to his connections with Middle Temple he became an associate of the
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and finally Prime Serjeant in 1714. Jekyll was very active in bringing
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Jekyll Island's early years: from prehistory through Reconstruction
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A Biographical Dictionary of the Justices of England (1066–1870)
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Outside Parliament, Jekyll provided £600 to fund the colony at
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as "an odd old Whig, who never change his principles or wig".
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Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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British barrister, judge and Whig politician (1663–1738)
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in 1709 and 1710. He was returned again for Eye at the
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For the British Member of Parliament for Calne, see
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University of Georgia Press. 396:where he was returned again in 312:cases before the House of Lords 337:. He was seen as part of the 1: 750:(Parliament of Great Britain) 640:Wilkins, Thomas Hart (2007). 479:with his full-bottomed wig". 451:, and the same year became a 390:1722 British general election 374:1715 British general election 363:1713 British general election 359:1710 British general election 351:1708 British general election 335:1698 English general election 1338:Members of the Middle Temple 646:Georgia Historical Quarterly 537:UK public library membership 212:Barrister, judge, politician 758:Parliament of Great Britain 678:. Spottiswoode and Company. 258:Jekyll was born in 1663 to 1444: 1348:Serjeants-at-law (England) 683:McCash, June Hall (2005). 392:he was returned as MP for 29: 1299: 998: 949: 940: 932: 922: 913: 905: 900: 886: 871:Member of Parliament for 869: 857: 843: 822:Member of Parliament for 820: 808: 794: 773:Member of Parliament for 771: 763: 756: 746: 725:Member of Parliament for 723: 711: 704: 365:was returned instead for 322:Jekyll was returned as a 298:in June 1697, succeeding 296:Chief Justice of Cheshire 216: 165: 130: 88: 83:Chief Justice of Cheshire 77: 62: 32:Joseph Jekyll (1754–1837) 916:Chief Justice of Chester 435:named the island in the 349:. 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Sir Joseph Jekyll's Bequest Act 1774
Joseph Jekyll (1754–1837)
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PC

Jonathan Richardson
Chief Justice of Cheshire
John Coombe
Spencer Cowper
Master of the Rolls
Sir John Trevor
Sir John Verney
Whig
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PC
barrister
English
British House of Commons
Master of the Rolls
John Jekyll
Fishmonger's Company
St Stephen Walbrook
Thomas Jekyll
non-conformist seminary
Middle Temple
called to the Bar
Lord Chancellor
Lord Somers
Chief Justice of Cheshire
John Coombe

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