Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet (1756–1824) of Walliscot in Oxfordshire

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 was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Reading

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 in Berkshire

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 from 1797 to 1802 and from 1806 to 1818. He also practised as barrister and a member of Lincoln's Inn

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, and held the offices of Recorder of Reading 1779-1807 and Master in Chancery from 1795 until 1808 when he became Senior Master, and was created 1st Baronet Simeon in 1815.

John Simeon married Rebecca Cornwall, daughter of John Cornwall of Hendon House in Middlesex

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, in 1783.

Children

• Richard G. Simeon (21 May 1784 - 11 January 1855) married Louisa-Edith Barrington on 8 April 1813, producing 3 sons and 2 daughters
• Harriet Simeon (died 15 November 1845) married Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Baronet in July 1814, producing 1 daughter and 3 sons.