John Neale (MP)

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John Neale (1687–1746) was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1741. He was baptized on 11 July 1687, the eldest son of Henry Neale of Allesley Park in Warwickshire and Anna Maria Hanbury. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, and joined the Middle Temple in 1705. He married Frances Pope of Oswestry.

Neale entered Parliament as a Whig MP for Chipping Wycombe in a 1722 by‑election, and was then elected MP for Coventry in the 1722 general election. Coventry’s election was voided in November 1722, but he won a new election in December 1722 and was returned unopposed in 1727. He made his maiden speech in 1733 during the Excise Bill, supporting his constituents but later backing a Coventry petition against the bill.

In the 1734 general election he lost Coventry to John Bird, who ran on an anti‑excise platform. Neale regained the seat in a February 1737 by‑election, but that result was voided in March 1737. He was then returned unopposed in a by‑election in April 1737. He voted for the Place Bill in 1740, but lost his seat in the 1741 general election and did not stand again.

Around 1740 he rebuilt the Cherington manor as Cherington Park and later sold the advowson of Allesley to pay election debts. He died on 19 December 1746, leaving three daughters. His daughter Frances married Sir John Turner, 3rd Baronet, and inherited Cherington Park.