John Hext (captain)

John Hext
Born 15 November 1766
Trenarren, Cornwall, England
Died 30 June 1838 (aged 71)
Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England
Nationality British
Children Thomas Hext
Samuel Henry Hext
John Hawkins Hext
Charles Staniforth Hext (1811-1812)
Charles Staniforth Hext (1815-1855)
Elizabeth Hext
Alethea Hext
Mary Hext
Gertrude Hext
Frances Margery Hext
Parent(s) Samuel Hext
Margery Taylder

Captain John Hext (1766-1838) was a British Esquire. He was Captain of the 22nd Regiment of Foot, and Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Cornwall. He also served as Deputy Lord Warden of the Stannaries.[1]

Hext was born in 1766 in Trenarren, Cornwall into a well respected local family. On 14 October 1799 he married Elizabeth Staniforth, the daughter of Thomas Staniforth, a former Lord Mayor of Liverpool.[2]

He died at Lostwithiel, Cornwall on 30 June 1838 aged 71.

References

  1. ↑ Staniforthiana Or Recollections of the Family of Staniforth (Frances Margery Hext), 1860
  2. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great ..., Volume 1 (Bernard Burke)
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