Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baron Huntingfield (31 December 1745 – 15 August 1816), known as Sir Joshua Vanneck, 3rd Baronet, from 1791 to 1796, was a British

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 merchant and Member of Parliament

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Huntingfield was the second son of the London

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 merchant Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baronet

Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baronet

Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baronet was a British-Dutch merchant.Venneck was born in The Hague, the son of Cornelius Van Neck. He emigrated to Britain in 1722 and became a successful London merchant. This enabled him to purchase the estate of Heveningham Hall in Suffolk. In 1751 he was created a...

, and Mary Anne Daubuz. The family was of Dutch origin. He was educated at Eton

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 and then became a merchant in London like his father. In 1790 he succeeded his elder brother as Member of Parliament for Dunwich

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, a seat he held until 1816, and in 1791 he also succeeded him as third Baronet. In 1796 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland

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 as Baron Huntingfield, of Heveningham Hall

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 in the County of Suffolk.

Lord Huntingfield married Maria Thompson, daughter of Andrew Thompson, in 1777. He died in August 1816, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Joshua

Joshua Vanneck, 2nd Baron Huntingfield

Joshua Vanneck, 2nd Baron Huntingfield was a British peer and Member of Parliament .Huntingfield was the son of Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baron Huntingfield, and Maria Thompson. His paternal grandfather Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baronet, had emigrated from the Netherlands in 1722 and had become a...

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