Nicholas Haddock (1723 – 19 July 1781) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
from 1754 to 1761.
Haddock was the son of
Admiral Nicholas Haddock who was also MP for Rochester and the grandson of
Admiral Sir Richard Haddock. He inherited
Wrotham Place from his father in 1746.
[ ''Parishes: Wrotham'', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. 6-32. Date accessed: 11 November 2010]
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Haddock was elected Member of Parliament for Rochester in 1754 and held the seat to 1761.
Haddock died on 19 July 1781, aged 58.
Haddock married Miss Medhurst of Wrotham, but had no children.The Home Counties Magazine Volume 7 - Notes on the Village of Wrotham Kent
/ref> Wrotham Place passed to his brother and heir-at-law, Charles Haddock.[
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References
British MPs 1754–1761
1723 births
1781 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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