Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen, 4th Baronet (died 7 April 1777) was an English Member of Parliament and

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Biography

He was the 4th son of Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet and the younger brother of

Sir Abraham Janssen, 2nd Baronet Sir Abraham Janssen, 2nd baronet (c. 1699 – 1765), of Wimbledon, Surrey, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1722. Janssen was the eldest son of Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet, of Wimbledon, and his wife W ...

. He succeeded his other elder brother Sir Henry Janssen, 3rd Baronet to the baronetcy in 1766. He was a London stationer and master of the

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from 1749 to 1751. He was elected an Alderman of the city of London in 1749 (until 1765),

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for 1749–50 and

for 1754–55. He was also the Member of Parliament for

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from 1747 to 1754 and

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from 1765 to 1776. In 1749 he was appointed one of the

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. He died in 1777. He had married in 1750, Catherine, the daughter of Col. Peter Soulėgre of Antigua, and had a daughter, Henrietta, but no sons. The baronetcy thereby became extinct on his death. Henrietta married Lorenzo Moore (MP for Dungannon).

References

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