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2 unusual facts about Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet


John Simeon

Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet (1815–1870), British politician and naval officer

Swainston Manor

He also wrote "In the Garden at Swainston" after the death of his friend and Swainston's owner, Sir John Simeon.


Digby Mackworth Dolben

His father, William Harcourt Isham Mackworth (1806—1872), a younger son of Sir Digby Mackworth, the 3rd Baronet, took the additional surname Dolben after he married Frances, the heiress of Sir John English Dolben, the 4th Baronet.

John Simeon

Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet (1756–1824), Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading 1797–1802 and 1806–1818

Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet

The object was to create an Anglican settlement in New Zealand, which happened with the Canterbury Region, with Christchurch as its capital.

Together with Lord Lyttelton, Lord Richard Cavendish and Edward Gibbon Wakefield, he guaranteed ₤15,000 to the Canterbury Association in April 1850, which saved it from financial collapse.

Bursting a blood-vessel in his throat, he set off on a journey to Switzerland to recover his health but died en route while in Freiburg.


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