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SABINE, John (1712-76), of Tewin, Herts.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency
Dates
11 Dec. 1741 - 18 Mar. 1742
Family and Education
b. (by 24 June) 1712, 1st s. of Joseph Sabine by his and w. educ. Westminster Apr. 1727, aged 14; Trinity Hall, Camb. 1731. m. (1) 6 May 1742, Susanna Osborne of Essex, 1s. 1da.; (2) Anne, 4s. 1da.1 suc. fa. 1739
Offices Held
Ensign 23 Ft. 24 June 1712, 1st lt. 1731, capt. 1738; capt. and lt.-col. 1 Ft. Gds. 1742.
Biography
Sabine, who was commissioned in his father’s regiment soon after birth, was returned for Bossiney on petition by the Administration in 1741, but was unseated on a further petition after the fall of Walpole. After his father’s death he transferred to the 1st Foot Guards, fought in the war of the Austrian succession, and left this regiment before 1749.2 He died 14 July 1776.