John Clavering
Deceased Person
1698 – 1762
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Who was John Clavering?
John Clavering of Chopwell Hall, Chopwell, formerly County Durham, now Tyne and Wear, was a member of a junior branch of the Clavering family.
He was Groom of the Bedchamber at the Court of George II.
He was Member of Parliament for Great Marlow 1727–1731 and Penryn 1734–1741.
His London address was 8 Burlington Street, where the new house was built for him on a 62-year leasehold in 1734.
He inherited the Chopwell estate from his father and an estate at Potter Newton, near Leeds, from his mother. He died unmarried and bequeathed his property to his nephew, the 2nd Earl Cowper.
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