John Hoblyn (ca. 1660 – June 1706) was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Edward Hoblyn and Bridget Carew. He was

called to the bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to Call to the bar, call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with whi ...

in 1682, and was

Town Clerk A clerk (pronounced "clark" /klɑːk/ in British and Australian English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world. In some communities, including most in the United States, the position is elected, but in ma ...

Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordered ...

from 1692. In 1695 he was elected to Parliament as Member for

, and retained the seat unopposed until his death. In the House of Commons he generally voted with the Tories. Some sources erroneously state that the banker Sir John Houblon was elected three times as MP for Bodmin, apparently confusing him with Hoblyn.

Marriage

He was married to Jane Symons in 1682 at Christ Church Greyfriars Newgate, London. They didn't have any children. In his will dated 1705, he left his property to his wife and to his brother Thomas. He also left property to his nephew Edward, which included The Barton of Colquite, the manor of Colquite and its mills and lands in St Mabyn, Egloshayle and

(except Pitt in St Mabyn).

References

* * David W Hayton, Stuart Handley and Eveline Cruickshanks, ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002) * Robert Walcott, ''English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956) 1660s births 1706 deaths Year of birth uncertain Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Middle Temple English MPs 1695–1698 English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701 English MPs 1701–1702 English MPs 1702–1705 English MPs 1705–1707

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

{{1695-England-MP-stub