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| Member of theGreat Britain Parliament forIpswich | |
| In office 1790–1796 Serving with Charles Crickitt | |
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| Born | January 1754 Ipswich, England |
| Died | (1818-01-05)5 January 1818 |
| Political party | Whig |
Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, 6th Baronet (January 1754,Ipswich – 5 January 1818,Calcutta, Bengal, British India) was a politician inGreat Britain. He primarily inherited debt when his father died when he was ten, but through family connections had a successful career with theEast India Company. Returning to Ipswich a wealthy man, he settled his fathers debts and aligned himself with theIpswich Yellow Party. He served as the MP for the town for several years in the 1790s. He returned toIndia in 1803 where he lived until his death in 1818.
His father,Hadley D'Oyly, was rector ofWotton andFelixstowe. His mother was Henrietta Maynard Osborne, daughter of Reverend Henry Osborne, the Vicar ofThaxted, Essex. His father died when John was ten years old, only leaving debt as a legacy. His mother educated him herself until through the influence ofCharles Bunbury, John entered the service of theEast India Company (EIC) in 1769 as a "writer", i.e. a junior clerical worker.[1]
However John progressed, becoming aPersian translator in 1775 for the EIC Army, amercantile factor in 1776,Sheriff of Kolkata for 1779. In this year he married Diana Rochfort, widow of William Cotes of Calcutta and was appointedResident forMurshidabad, whilst also becoming first a junior merchant (1780) and then a senior merchant (1782) with the EIC. However in 1785 his wife became ill and he took his family back to England with him.[1]
D'Oyly took over the residency at Murshidabad following the resignation ofWilliam Byam Martin in January 1780. He arrived that February with instructions fromWarren Hastings, theGovernor General of Bengal to encourageMubarak Ali Khan, theNawab of Bengal to adopt "effectual measures" to curb his spending which was greater than his income.[2]
He returned to England in 1785 as anabob with a fortune of over £100,000. He used some of this to settle his father's debts.[1]
He wasMember of Parliament (MP) forIpswich from 1790 to 1796 as aWhig.[3]
His wife died on 6 September 1803, and John returned to India filling the post of collector of customs, at Kolkata. In 1807 he was appointedPostmaster General and salt agent forBengal.[1] He died in 1818 and was buried in theSouth Park Street Cemetery in Calcutta (today Kolkata),India.[4]
He married Diana Rochfort, daughter of William Rochfort (grandson ofRobert Rochfort andHenry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda) and Henrietta Ramsay, on 16 March 1779 in Calcutta, India.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forIpswich 1790–1796 With:Charles Crickitt | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Baronet (of Shottisham) 1764–1818 | Succeeded by |