John Machell
John Machell (1637–1704) was for twenty years
Member of Parliament for
Horsham, Sussex, during the reigns of
Charles II,
James II and
William III and
Mary II. By the marriage of his daughter Isabella Machell (1670–1764) to
Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine, he became the grandfather of the fourth,
fifth,
sixth,
seventh and
eighth Viscounts of Irvine, and great-grandfather of the
ninth, seated at
Temple Newsam near Leeds, whose family inherited and augmented his valuable property of Hills house at Horsham, and continued the parliamentary tradition there.
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