Ambrose Manaton was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 variously between 1678 and 1696.

Manaton was the son of Ambrose Manaton

Ambrose Manaton

Ambrose Manaton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1624 and 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....

 of Trecarrell and his second wife Jane Mapowder, daughter of Narcissus Mapowder of Holsworthy Devon. He was admitted at Grey's Inn in 1666 and at Exeter College, Oxford

Exeter College, Oxford

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 in 1667.

In 1678 Manaton was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Newport (Cornwall)

Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and held the seat until 1681. He was also mayor of Tintagel from 1679 to 1680. In 1689 he was elected MP for Camelford

Camelford (UK Parliament constituency)

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. In 1695 he stood at both Camelford and Tavistock

Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He sat again for Camelford, but petitioned against his defeat at Tavistock. In March 1696 he was seated for Tavistock and then resigned from Camelford.

Manaton showed frequent ill-health in his parliamentary absences in the 1690s and died at the age of 48.

Manaton married firstly Elizabeth Kelly, daughter of William Kelly of Kilworthy on 29 October 1674, and secondly Rachel Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet on 23 October 1690. A portrait of Rachel Carew at Antony House

Antony House

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 near Saltash was the inspiration behind he character in the novel My Cousin Rachel

My Cousin Rachel

My Cousin Rachel is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951. Like the earlier Rebecca, it is a mystery-romance, largely set on a large estate in Cornwall.-Plot overview:...

 by Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning DBE was a British author and playwright.Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca and Jamaica Inn and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". The first three were directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Her elder sister was...

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