John Olmius 1711-1762


Born: 18 Jul 1711 Essex
Died: 06 Oct 1762 New Hall Boreham
Father:John Olmius
Mother:Elizabeth Clarke
Spouse:Ann Billers
Children:Drigue Olmius Billers
Buried: 17 Oct 1762 Mausoleum At New Hall
Updated: 01 Apr 2003

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Merchant of London.
1737-1741 MP (Whig) Weymouth
1746-1747 High Sheriff of Essex
1754-1761 MP for Colchester
1761-1762 MP for Weymouth
22. 6. 1762 created Baron Waltham of Philipstown in Kings county Ireland. He lived at New Hall Boreham and Walthambury, and died four months after being raised to the peerage.
Complete Peerage: "He was buried 17th Oct. in the newly built family mausoleum (octagonal and built of white brick and stone in imitation of the Temple of the Winds at Athens) at Boreham. His widow died 8 June 1778 in Harley Street, aged 60, and was buried 18 June at Boreham. "
1762 John Olmius RtHon Baron Middx Oct 441 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury)

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